Dec 16, 2009
Oxford Dictionary of World History | Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad
Abdullah, Sheikh
Muhammad
(known as
‘the Lion of Kashmir’
Abdullah
)
(
1905
–
82
)
Kashmiri
Muslim leader. In the 1930s he actively opposed the rule of the Hindu maharajah of Kashmir. After accepting Indian sovereignty (
1947
), he eventually won for Kashmir a form of autonomy within India, although he was imprisoned for much of the time between
1953
and
1968
on suspicion of seeking its full independence.
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