Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain

Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain (Hindi: चौधरी मोहम्मद हुसैन) was an Indian politician and bureaucrat. He was part of 4th, 6th, 8th and 9th Jammu and Kashmir state Legislative assembly (Vidhan Sabha)[1][2][3][4]. He represented the Darhal Vidhan Sabha constituency of Rajouri district of erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir for 5 times. He was first elected as MLA from this seat on the mandate of Indian national congress in 1967 and 1969 (bi elections), he remained district chief of the INC for a long period. In 1972 he was denied the mandate by the INC, In 1975 he joined Jammu and Kashmir national conference headed by Sheikh Mohmmed Abdullah. In 1977 he contested the elections from the same vidhan sabha seat on the mandate of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and was elected for 3rd time to the Vidhan Sabha, He was inducted in the council of ministers of Sheikh Mohmmed Abdullah Ministry. In 1983 he lost the elections to INC candidate and vetrain spritual gujjar leader with a very thin margin. In 1987, general elections to Jammu and Kashmir vidhan sabha, he was again elected (4th time) to represent this constituency[5]. Again in 1996 elected to vidhan sabha for (5th time)[6], and was again inducted in the council of ministers headed by Dr Farooq Abdullah which he held till his death 30th September 2002[7][8]. He also served as Block development officer from 1957 to 1967. As a minister he headed the revenue ,relief and rehabilitation, rural development and Panchayati Raj cooperatives departments etc. His younger son Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali also represents Darhal (Vidhan Sabha) in 11th and 12th Assemblies and was a cabinet minister in the Mufti Mohommad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti Governments.

Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain
چوہدری محمود حسین
Hussain at function in Jammu
Born1 January 1929 Pangnara, Rajouri, British India
Died30 September 2002 (aged 73)
NationalityIndian
Alma materLahore University
Years active1950-2002
Political partyJammu and Kashmir National Conference
Spouse(s)Gulam Fatima ( Daughter of renowned Zaildar Chowdhary Ali Mohd.)
Children6 including Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali (Former Cabinet Minister J&K Govt.) & Showkat Chowdhary (IFS)
Parent(s)
  • Zaildar Haji Gulam Mohommad (father)
Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain
In office
1967–1972
Preceded byMirza Mohd. Iqbal
Succeeded byMirza Abdul Rashid
ConstituencyDarhal, Rajouri
MLA Darhal
In office
1977–1983
Preceded byMirza Abdul Rashid
Succeeded byMian Bashir Ahmed
Personal details
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (1967-1975)

References
  1. Darhal (Vidhan Sabha) constituency
  2. "Darhal Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
  4. "J-K minister Choudhary Mohammad Hussain dead". Zee News. September 30, 2002.
  5. "Darhal Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency and Assembly Election Results". www.mapsofindia.com.
  6. "🗳️ Ch. Mohd. Hussain winner in Darhal, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 1996: LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates". LatestLY.
  7. "Ch Mohd Hussain remembered on 16th anniversary - Scoop News Jammu Kashmir". www.scoopnews.in.
  8. Excelsior, Daily (September 30, 2018). "Ch Mohd Hussain's 16th death anniversary observed".

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