Ghulam Mohammad Shah

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Ghulam Mohammad Shah
5th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir(state)
In office
2 July 1984 – 6 March 1986
Preceded byFarooq Abdullah
Succeeded byGovernor's Rule
President and founder of Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference
Succeeded byBegum Khalida Shah
Personal details
Political partyJammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference
SpouseBegum Khalida Shah daughter of Sheikh Abdullah
RelationsFarooq Abdullah brother, Muzaffar Shah (son)
EducationPunjab University
Aligarh Muslim University
London School of Economics

Ghulam Mohammad Shah or G. M. Shah or Gul Shah (20 July 1920 – 6 January 2009) was an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir[1] from 2 July 1984 to 6 March 1986. He succeeded his brother-in-law Farooq Abdullah. Shah's father-in-law was Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, the founder of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, of which Shah was once a senior member. Shah died on 6 January 2009 at the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar. He was 88.[2]

  1. ^ Austin, Granville (1999). Working a Democratic Constitution - A History of the Indian Experience. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. pp. 546. ISBN 019565610-5.
  2. ^ Former CM and ANC patron passes away