Mirza Afzal Beg
Mirza Afzal Beg | |
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Mirza Afzal Beg | |
| 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | |
| In office 1975–1978 | |
| Governor | L. K. Jha |
| Chief Minister | Sheikh Abdullah |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Position vacant (next: Devi Das Thakur in 1984) |
| President of All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front | |
| In office 1955–1975 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office dissolved |
| Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 31 October 1951 – 9 August 1953 | |
| Constituency | Anantnag |
| Revenue Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | |
| In office 1948–1953 | |
| Leader | Sheikh Abdullah |
| Sadr-i-Riyasat | Karan Singh |
| Member of the Constituent Assembly of India | |
| In office 1946–1952 | |
| President | Rajendra Prasad |
| President of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | |
| In office 1975–1977 | |
| Minister for Public Works Princely State of J&K | |
| In office 1942–1944 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 February 1929 |
| Died | 11 June 1982 (aged 53) Srinagar, India |
| Party | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (until 1953, after 1975) |
| Other political affiliations | Plebiscite Front (1955–1975) |
| Relatives | Mirza Mehboob Beg (son) |
| Education | Aligarh Muslim University |
| Known for | Indira–Sheikh Accord |
Mirza Mohammad Afzal Beg (3 February 1929 – 11 June 1982) was a Kashmiri politician who served as the first deputy chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 1975 to 1977 and was a member of Constituent Assembly of India from 1946 to 1952. Beg held a ministerial position in the pre-independence government of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1945 to 1947 and later served as the Revenue minister in the post-independence government led by Sheikh Abdullah from 1948 to 1953. After the dismissal of the Sheikh Abdullah government, Beg established the All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front in 1955, which later merged into the present-day National Conference.
Beg drafted the 1952 Delhi Agreement, which resulted in the Article 370 of the Constitution of India. He was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly, which was responsible for drafting the constitution of Jammu and Kashmir from 1951 to 1956. He also drafted 1950 land reforms, including the Big Landed Estates Abolition Act during his tenure as Revenue minister. Beg was Sheikh Abdullah's interlocuter for the negotiations with Government of India represented by G. Parthasarathy, which resulted in the Indira–Sheikh Accord in 1975 and the rehabilitation of Abdullah as the political leader in Kashmir.