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Farooq Abdullah
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- Born 21 October 1937
- Age 87
- Birth Place Srinagar, Jammu And Kashmir, British India
- Profession Politician
- Political Party Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
- In Office Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha 16 April 2017 - 4 June 2024, 4th Chief Minister Of The State Of Jammu & Kashmir 9 October 1996 - 18 October 2002, Union Minister Of New And Renewable Energy 28 May 2009 - 26 May 2014
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Farooq Abdullah BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 26 Jan 2025
Farooq Abdullah is the leader of the Jammu and Kashmir-based party National Conference and former Union minister and chief minister of the erstwhile state. He served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions since 1982 and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy betw...
Farooq Abdullah PERSONAL LIFE
| Father | Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah |
| Spouse | Mollie Abdullah (1968), |
| Children | Omar, Safia, Hinna, Sara |
| Education | Tyndale Biscoe School, Sawai Man Singh Medical College |
POSITIONS HELD BY Farooq Abdullah
| Position | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Member of the 15th Lok Sabha | N/A |
| Member of Rajya Sabha | N/A |
| Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | N/A |
| Member of the 16th Lok Sabha | 16 April 2017 - Present |
| Member of the 17th Lok Sabha | N/A |
FAROOQ ABDULLAH NEWS
Stopped from leaving guesthouse in Srinagar, Sanjay Singh tries scaling gate to meet Farooq Abdullah
September 12, 2025 3:25 am
AAP MP is in Valley to protest against the detention under PSA of party legislator Mehraj Malik
Bihar polls: INDIA bloc leaders to meet in Delhi on Aug 7, says Farooq
August 03, 2025 4:13 am
He also expressed confidence over the restoration of J&K statehood. “We have faith in the one who is the master of all. We will get our rights” he added
Not here to beg, it is our right: Farooq on statehood demand
July 24, 2025 5:47 am
On the demand for statehood, he said: “We are not here to beg. It is our right as Indians. Restore our statehood. What you’ve done is unconstitutional. The governor himself said he didn’t know the law — is this how you dismantle a state?”
Teary Farooq Abdullah takes emotional train journey on Srinagar-Katra Vande Bharat: ‘Waited many years for this dream’
June 10, 2025 7:45 pm
“I am very happy today to see a dream, for which I have waited many years, coming true,” Farooq Abdullah said, with tears in his eyes, after disembarking at Katra.
National Conference’s resolution on special status, statehood comes under Opposition fire: ‘Why not in Assembly?’
May 23, 2025 8:39 pm
While condemning the "horrific Baisaran attack", the working committee of the National Conference also denounced the cross-border shelling.
'Treat Muslims as equals', Farooq Abdullah urges Centre to stop acts that spark communal tension
December 02, 2024 10:23 pm
The National Conference (NC) president, who recently performed Umrah (minor Hajj pilgrimage) along with his son and chief minister Omar Abdullah and several of his colleagues, said no one was against the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley.
October 30, 1984, Forty Years Ago: Former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah stated he would not compromise with PM Indira Gandhi
October 30, 2024 7:07 am
October 30, 1984, Forty Years Ago: The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah, categorically stated that he would not compromise with PM Indira Gandhi or G M Shah’s National Conference.
Abdullah father-son duo on a different page – Farooq bats for alliance with PDP, Omar says ‘put a lid on speculation’
October 08, 2024 7:02 am
The PDP’s Iltija Mufti has also termed them as “unnecessary speculation”.
Hope it will be start of better relationship between India, Pakistan: Farooq Abdullah on Jaishankar's visit for SCO meet
October 05, 2024 4:55 pm
India on Friday announced that Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in mid-October.
J-K race in last lap, allies NC, Congress keep to their own lanes – largely
September 28, 2024 7:39 am
While top leaders rarely shared a platform, parties managed to contain rebel numbers, point out such issues not unexpected in an alliance.
FAROOQ ABDULLAH PHOTOS
Manipur takes centrestage as Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah speak in Lok Sabha
August 09, 2023 10:59 pm
The no-confidence vote debate in the Lok Sabha focussed on the violence-hit state of Manipur.
After being released from detention, here is how Mehbooba Mufti spent her day
October 14, 2020 5:28 pm
Mufti, along with the entire separatist and mainstream leadership, was detained by the J&K Police on August 5 last year; the day the Centre abrogated Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and downgraded the state into two Union Territories.
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FAROOQ ABDULLAH VIDEOS
Patiala court scuffle is attack on India’s democracy: Farooq
February 18, 2016 12:09 pm
Srinagar, Feb 18 (ANI): Condemning the JNU row, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) Patron Farooq Abdullah said that the scuffle between lawyers and students outside the Patiala House Court is an attack on India’s democracy. Farooq added that the entire JNU row has been exaggerated and the Vice Chancellor should have handled it himself. Meanwhile, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) founder Lalu Prasad Yadav accused the Delhi Police for being a mere spectator in the JNU row, alleging that they are acting on behalf of the Centre.
Delay in govt. formation bad for state: Farooq Abdullah
January 17, 2016 9:09 am
Jammu, Jan 17 (ANI): National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said that delay in government formation in Jammu and Kashmir is bad for the state as it is a border state. He further said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should form the government as they had mandate in the assembly elections.
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