MUBARAK
SHAH, SHRI KHWAJA, B.A., LL.B. [N.C.–Jammu and Kashmir,
Baramulla, 1980] s. of Khwaja Sikander Shah; b. at Baramulla, August 1, 1922; ed. at St.
Joseph’s Higher Secondary School, S.P. College, Srinagar, Government
College Lahore, and Aligarh Muslim University; m. Smt. Hujra;
Agriculturist
and Lawyer; participated in freedom movement, imprisoned, 1945-47,
imprisoned again, 1953-59; participated in the campaign (under the auspices
of Gandhi Peace Foundation and Shri Jaya Prakash Narayan) for amity
between India and Pakistan over Kashmir question; Minister, Government of
Jummu and Kashmir, 1950-53, holding portfolios of Finance and Cooperation
and again, 1972-75, holding portfolios of Agriculture, Revenue, Health,
Local Self-government etc; Ambassador to Sudan, 1976; Member, Working
Committee, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference; Secretary, Bar
Association; President, Central Cooperative Bank, 1949; Founder and
Chairman of a number of Public Charitable Trusts; Member, Jammu and
Kashmir Constituent Assembly, 1950 and Secretary of its Committees on
‘Basic Principles’ and ‘Fundamantal Human Rights’, whose reports formed the basis of
the State Constitution; Member, Jammu and Kashmir, Legislative Assembly,
1956 and again, 1973-76; Member, Rajya Sabha, 1978
