Farooq Abdullah was born on 21 October 1937 and is an Indian politician who was Ex.
17 Facts About Farooq Abdullah
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Farooq Abdullah has served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions since 1982, and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy between 2009 and 2014.
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Farooq Abdullah was born to the veteran statesman and National Conference leader Sheikh Abdullah and Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah.
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Farooq Abdullah studied at Tyndale Biscoe School, and subsequently received his MBBS degree from SMS Medical College, Jaipur.
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Farooq Abdullah subsequently travelled to the UK to practice medicine.
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Farooq Abdullah is married to Molly, a nurse of British origin.
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Farooq Abdullah was elected to the Lok Sabha unopposed from Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency in the 1980 General Election.
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Farooq Abdullah was a novice in the political arena of Jammu and Kashmir when he was appointed president of the National Conference in August 1981.
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Subsequently, Farooq Abdullah resigned in protest after Jagmohan was appointed the governor, and the state was brought under Governor's Rule.
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In 1999, the National Conference joined the Atal Bihari Vajpayee led National Democratic Alliance, and his son Omar Farooq Abdullah was appointed a union minister of state.
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Farooq Abdullah was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002 from Jammu and Kashmir and re-elected in 2009.
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Farooq Abdullah resigned from the Rajya Sabha in May 2009 and won a seat in the Lok Sabha from Srinagar.
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Farooq Abdullah joined the United Progressive Alliance government as a Cabinet Minister of New and Renewable Energy.
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Farooq Abdullah contested the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat again in the 2014 General Election, but was defeated by the People's Democratic Party candidate Tariq Hameed Karra.
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Farooq Abdullah got 48,555 votes and defeated PDP candidate Nazir Ahmed Khan by 10,700 votes.
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On 16 September 2019, Farooq Abdullah became the first mainstream politician to be detained under the Public Safety Act.
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Farooq Abdullah was released from house detention under the PSA after seven and a half months on 13 March 2020.