Abdul Majeed Dar | |
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| Born | Sopore, Jammu & Kashmir |
| Allegiance | Hizbul Mujahideen |
| Rank | Former Chief Commander |
| Commands | Hizbul Mujahideen till 2001 |
| Other work | Politician, Peace Activist |
Abdul Majeed Dar was a former chief commander of the militant group Hizbul Mujahideen in Jammu & Kashmir till 2001.[1] He later gave up violence and sought to restore peace in Kashmir.[2][3]
He was a Politician by profession. Dar originated from the town of Sopore where he worked with the Muslim league during 1970's.[3] In this period, he was involved with Syed Ali Geelani and went to jail several times.[4] In the late 1980s, after the rigged 1987 elections,[citation needed] he became a militant along with his friend Fazl-ul-Haq Qureshi. By 1990, he was the leader of the organization Tahreek-e-Jihad-e-Islami (TJI) along with Bashir Ahmed Regoo alias Bashir Reagan who was given the name Reagan for his intelligence. In 1991, Dar merged this group with the Hizb, bringing in several thousand followers.[5] In the following years, rivalries developed within the Hizb, culminating in a killing of 21 people in an Azad Kashmir village in near the border in 1998.[1]
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- ^ Sadiq, Md. "The Assassination of Hizbul Leader Majid Dar". www.jammu-kashmir.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ^ a b "Syed Salahuddin and Abdul Majid Dar". www.kashmirherald.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-21. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ^ "Mystery of Majid Dar's killing - Media Monitors Network (MMN)". 2 April 2003. Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ^ "IPCS - Institute Of Peace & Conflict Studies". www.ipcs.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2015-05-06.