Name of Member: Shri Ghulam Rasool Kar

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Constituency & State: Baramullah (Jammu and Kashmir)

Lok Sabha Experience: 11

KAR, SHRI GHULAM RASOOL
CONGRESS (I) - BARAMULLA (JAMMU AND KASHMIR)

Father's Name	:   	Kh. Habibullah Kar

Date of Birth	:   	19 June 1921

Place of Birth	:   	Sopore in Distt. Baramulla (Kashmir)

Marital Status	:   	Married on 18 March 1970

Spouse's Name	:   	Smt. Ayesha Begam 
	                Smt. Habla Kar

Children	:   	One son and one daughter from 1st marriage
	                One son and one daughter from 2nd marriage

Educational Qualifications :
	Basic
	Educated at Sopore Local Government High School, Jammu and Kashmir

Profession :
   	Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address :
   	Town Hall, Sopore (Jammu and Kashmir)
 

Positions Held :
   
1938	Secretary, National Conference, Tehsil Sopore
1946	President, National Conference, Tehsil Sopore
1951-1967	Member, Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly 
1957	Organiser, Democratic National Conference
1965-71	Minister of State, Housing and P.W.D., Irrigation and Water Works, 
	Jammu and Kashmir 
1972 and 1988-90	Member, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council
1972-75	Cabinet Minister, Jammu and Kashmir-Transport, Food Supplies, 
	Water and Power, P.W.D. and Labour
1984-87 and 1992-97	President, P.C.C. (I), Jammu and Kashmir
April, 1984-Dec. 1987	Member, Rajya Sabha
1988-90	Cabinet Minister, Power, Jammu and Kashmir
1996	Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)

Books Published	:   	'Political Process in the State'; 
	Printer & Editor "Sopore Times" and Editor 
	"Dehkaan"; Chairman, daily newspaper "Khadmat Trust"

Social and Cultural Activities :
   	President of Sopore Congress Trust and Khadmat Trust; Chairman, D.P. Dar 
Hospital of Sopore; made contributions in the construction of Rachma, 
Dangiwarcha, Boomai and Harijan High School buildings; collected material for 
the Sopore College to construct the Government College building (by public 
contribution); Islamia High School at Noorgarh, Idgah, Sopore

Special Interests :
   	Agriculture, reading, sports and cultural activities

Sports and Clubs :
   	Patron of various cricket clubs and Chairman, Sanjay Cricket Club, Sopore 

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
	Gardening

Countries Visited :
   	Germany; as a Member of delegation of GDR Friendship Society in Germany; 
visited U.S.S.R. Leningrad, Bhokara Samarkhand and Tashkant as a Member of 
delegation of the Indian National Congress organised by Indo-Russian Asia 
Friendship Society of Moscow; visited Saudi Arabia thrice as a Member of Indian 
Parliamentary delegation and also as a Member of Haj delegation and attended 
Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference as a delegate

Other Information :
   	Joined politics at the age of 12; associated with Muslim Conference from 1933 to 
1938; In 1938, he was among the top leaders who converted Muslim Conference 
into National Conference headed by Sheikh Mohd. Abdullah; associated with 
Congress ideology since 1938 onwards took active part in politics as student 
leader; participated in National Conference movements against hereditary Ruler 
of Jammu and Kashmir State and worked for the upliftment of downtrodden; 
imprisoned in 1938 and 1946 in Quit Kashmir Movement; and was awarded 
'Tamrapatra Award' as a Freedom Fighter; was in the vanguard of National 
Conference when Pak raiders invaded Jammu and Kashmir State in 1947; 
Organised Central Labour Union; Associated with Youth Wing of National 
Conference; Chairman 
(i) Town Area Committee Sopore; (ii) Wular Public School, Sopore; (iii) Tehsil 
Council Cultural Front; and (iv) Indo-GDR Friendship Society; Member of the 
Advisory Committee which was headed by Shri George Fernandes of Janata Dal 
for the restoration of peace and normalcy; resigned from this Committee when it 
became redundent as the recommendations put forth were not implemented in 
right direction; His role in 1965 war and 1972 war was commendable. He was 
first leader who reached Hazi Peer when it was captured by Indian Army;  In 
militancy period his nears and dears became victims and his brother-in-law late 
Habib-ullah Mircha was abducted, tortured and killed; Shri Kar was member of 
Advisory Committee for restoration of peace in trouble-torn Valley which was 
created by the then Governor of  J & K, Shri Girish Chander Saxena, in 1992; He 
was the only leader who stayed constantly in Valley right from beginning of the 
militancy in 1990; escaped several attempts on his life by Pak trained militants, 
his family was forced to leave the Valley and shift to Delhi; his movable and 
immovable property was taken over by the militants, organised the first public 
meeting at Chandoosa which was a turning point for bringing normalcy and 
peace in the Valley; also organised 'Pad Yatra' from Uri to Qazigund; was first 
leader of the National Conference who reached with the Indian Army to capture 
Teetwal Tehsil headquarter of District Musbarabad; Director, Allahabad Bank, 
Wakf Committee Khwaja Mohinuddin Chisti and its Member Secretary and 
presently its Member; He was also Member of Anjuman-Meon-ul-Islam, Sopore; 
At present Member, Central Wakf Council; Land Reforms Committee, played 
historic role in 1947 when J & K State was invaded by Pakistan infiltrators; 
Member, Court Zamia Millia Islamia University, 1997 onwards 


Election Result :
   
Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate	7,04,601
Total votes polled	3,28,688
Votes polled in favour of the 
first  four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Ghulam Rasool Kar 	(I.N.C.) 1,10,331
(2) Shri Gh. Nabi Mir 		(Ind.)     45,350
(3) Shri Abdul Ahad Yatoo 	(Ind.)     26,343
(4) Shri Sheikh Mohd. Sadiq 	(J.D.)     25,554 

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