Syed Ali Shah Geelani

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Syed Ali Shah Geelani (29 September 1929 – 1 September 2021) was a senior pro-liberation leader in Indian valley of Kashmir. He was the best-known face of the separatist movement in Kashmir for over three decades. He was a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir since 1953, and was regarded as one of its most significant leaders. Geelani was also a three-time Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Sopore Assembly constituency, elected on a Jamaat-e-Islami ticket in 1972, 1977 and in 1987. He left Jamaat in 2004 and founded Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, which became the leading organisation in a separate "Geelani faction" of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC). Geelani served as the chairman of this faction until he quit it in June 2020.

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