CHAUDHRI, MUHAMMAD SHAFFEE, B.A. (Hons.)— in Persian, Urdu and Punjabi (Jammu and Kashmir— Nominated—1952): S. of Shri Chowdhri Hassan Muhammed; B. Village Bagsar, Tehsil Bhimber, Distt. Mirpur, January, 1918; ed. at Zamindara High School, and Government Intermediate College, Gujrat (Punjab), P.W. College (now Gandhi Memorial College) and Oriental College, Lahore; Agriculturist; Secretary, Students Union, 1931— 33, the Red Cross Society, 1934-35, and the Rural Uplift Society, 1935-36 in Gujrat (Punjab); Organised the People of the State under the leadership of Shaikh Muhamed Abdulla; Member, Education Committee, Banihal, Distt. Doda; Principal, Oriental College, Jammu, 1944—46; Member, Senate of the Jammu and Kashmir University; Member, All Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, its delegate and member of General Council since 1940; Worked for the restoration of abducted women and children and rehabilitation of displaced persons;

Editor, ‘Sach’, Jammu, 1940; Imprisoned and interned by Maharaja’s Government several times; Captured two times by Pakistani raiders but escaped; Deputed by Mahatma Gandhi on peace mission in Mirpur district in 1947; Member, several goodwill missions from Kashmir to India in East Punjab and Hyderabad State.

Hobbies: Gardening and plantation.

Special interest: Journalism and Political Economy.

Recreation: Swimming,

Publications: ‘The Muslims in India’. ‘

Permanent address; Mujahed Manzzel, Srinagar, Kashmir.