Maqbool Bhat

Maqbool Bhat also spelt Maqbool Butt (18 February 1938 – 11 February 1984) was a Kashmiri separatist leader who fled to Pakistan and founded the resistance group National Liberation Front (NLF), which was a precursor to the present day Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). Bhat carried out multiple attacks in Jammu and Kashmir (state). He was captured and sentenced to double death sentence. He was hanged on 11 February 1984 in Tihar Jail in Delhi.

Maqbool Bhat
Born
Muhammad Maqbool Bhat

(1938-02-18)18 February 1938
Died11 February 1984(1984-02-11) (aged 45)
Cause of deathHanging
EducationSJS Baramulla
OrganizationNLF & JKLF
Known forKashmiri Separatism Kashmiri Resistance
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