Begum Akbar Jahan Abdullah

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Akbar Jahan Abdullah was a member of Sixth and Eighth Lok Sabha from 1977 to 1979 and 1984 to 1989 from Srinagar and Anantnag Parliamentary constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir. She was wife of Sheikh Abdullah and mother of Farooq Abdullah .She had the distinction of being the first President of Jammu and Kashmir Red Cross Society from 1947 to 1951. She also ably served as Chairman of State Level Committee of International Year of Women, 1975 and President of all India Family Welfare Association, State Branch, 1976 and All India Women’s Conference, State Branch in 1977. Akbar Jahan Abdullah died on 11 July, 2000 in Srinagar at the age of 83.