Abdul Ghani Lone (6 May 1932 – 21 May 2002) was an Indian lawyer and politician who for most of his professional career worked as a Kashmiri separatist.
Born in Dard Hare, Kupwara District, Abdul Ghani Lone received a law degree from Aligarh Muslim University in 1957. He made his first entry into politics serving in the state assembly as a Congress candidate in 1967. In 1978, he formed a Kashmir separatist organization called the People's Conference dedicated to "the restoration of 'internal autonomy' in Kashmir."
He was assassinated on May 21, 2002 while commemorating the twelfth death anniversary of the Kashmiri leader, Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq. On the day after his assassination, his son Sajjad Lone blamed both, the government of Indian administrated Kashmir and Pakistan, for the assassination of his father. [1] United States of America condemned the assassination, with the then Secretary of State Colin Powell issuing a statement recognizing him as moderate who sought peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue.[2]