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Maqbool Bhat, also spelt Maqbool Butt (1938–1984), was a Kashmiri pro-independence leader who went to Pakistan and founded the resistance group National Liberation Front (NLF), which was a precursor to the present day Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). He is also termed as the "Father of the Nation of Kashmir" Baba-e-Qaum, by the locals.
Mar 1, 2024 · In Kashmir’s magnificent mountains, magical forests, and scenic landscapes lies the town of Trehgam, where Maqbool Bhat, a beacon of Kashmiri resistance, was born. His story is one of unwavering dedication, relentless struggle, and ultimate sacrifice for the freedom of his homeland.
Feb 11, 2020 · Bhat was given the death sentence by the Supreme Court but had been abruptly executed to assuage public anger over the abduction and killing of Indian diplomat Ravindra Mahatre in the UK by an alleged affiliate of Bhat’s now-banned terrorist group, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).
Aug 15, 2022 · On February 11, 1984, the Indira Gandhi government green-signalled the hanging of Kashmiri separatist Maqbool Bhat inside Tihar jail. The hanging was carried out abruptly, five days after...
Nov 30, 2022 · Neel Kanth Ganjoo, a retired judge who had sentenced Maqbool Bhat to death, was shot dead outside the J&K High Court in Srinagar on November 4. Journalist-lawyer Prem Nath Bhat was shot dead in Anantnag on December 27.
Feb 11, 2016 · Maqbool Bhat. It never started with Maqbool Bhat itself. Eight years before his secret hanging inside Delhi’s Tihar Jail could trigger a deep mourning in Kashmir, the Bhats of Trehgam were passing through a trauma—as their son, and Maqbool’s younger brother, Habibullah had vanished in thin air.
Feb 11, 2018 · A film on Maqbool Bhat the founder of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) was released on the 34th anniversary of his hanging. Bhat was hanged by the Indian Government on February 11, 1984, in Tihar Jail, without informing his family, his body was buried in the jail compound.
Honor memory of Maqbool Bhat, a Kashmiri leader executed by Indian government in 1984. Explore his legacy as a voice of resistance and martyr for Kashmiri freedom.
Aug 1, 2018 · Sameer Tiger’s parents, Mohammed Maqbool Bhat, left, and Gulshan Begum, center, at home in southern Kashmir. Sameer changed his last name to Tiger in honor of an uncle known for his great...
Feb 11, 2011 · On this date in 1984, India hanged Kashmiri nationalist Maqbool Bhat. A terrorist to his enemies and a freedom fighter to his friends, Bhat was born in the Kashmir region back when it “was ruled by the Dogra Family and the entire Kashmiri nation was living a life of slavery.”
