Mirza Mohammad Afzal Beg

Mirza Mohammad Afzal Bég (d 1982) was a Kashmiri politician and lieutenant of the late Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Abdullah.[1] He was also the president of the Plebiscite Front and was arrested as one of the accused in Kashmir Conspiracy Case. In later years, he was Sheikh Abdullah's representative in talks with the Indian government in 1974, inking the 1974 Indira-Sheikh accord.[2][3]

Mirza Afzal Beg
Mirza Mohammad Afzal Beg
1st Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
In office
1974–1977

Early life

Afzal Bég hailed from Anantnag and was the son of mirza Nizamudin Beg, brother of Mirza Ghulam Qadir Beg and nephew of the landlord, Mirza Ghulam Mohammad Bég, of Anantnag.

Career

Afzan Beg was popularly known as 'Fakhr-e-Kashmir' (pride of Kashmir) and was the architect of the legendary 'land to the landless tiller' legislation which uplifted the masses of J&K. He was also known as the brain behind Sheikh Abdullah.

His legal acumen and genius was admired by friends and foes. His legal acumen was lauded by the imminent legal luminary G.S. Pathak, who later became the Vice President of India, who proclaimed "Beg Sahab, you come out of politics and be a permanent part of the legal profession, you can be a jewel of any Bar" (after hearing his arguments in the Kashmir Conspiracy case).

Beg was immensely popular amongst his people and was perceived as the successor to Sheikh Mohd. Abdullah. He served as the first Deputy Chief Minister of the state of J&K and was seen discharging the most important functions in the State with his sheer brilliance. Historians of JK Politics hold him solely for National Conference's landslide win in the 1977 assembly elections when he single-handedly ran the NC's campaign.

In 1978, Beg was expelled from the National Conference party by Sheikh Abdullah. Abdullah then groomed his own son Farooq Abdullah as his successor.[4]

Death

Mirza Afzal Beg died on 11 June 1982. He is survived by three sons and three daughters. His eldest son Dr Mirza Mohammad Aijaz beg is a very renowned medico and has served state government for about forty years and retired as Deputy director health services. He is the only son who has been residing at ancestral place throughout. He was never interested in politics and has got a great rapport of being pious and honest administrator and human being. His second son Mirza Mehboob Beg took on his father's mantle and is also a widely respected and envied politician in the state. The Beg family enjoys a very good rapport with the people and are widely respected for their honesty and integrity.

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References
  1. http://zabarwantimes.com/fakhr-e-kashmir-mirza-mohammad-afzal-beg-remembered/
  2. "J&K on threshold of Socio Economic Transformation: Rather - Kashmir Times". www.kashmirtimes.in.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Chowdhary, Rekha (2015), Jammu and Kashmir: Politics of Identity and Separatism, Routledge, p. 43, ISBN 978-1-317-41405-6
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