Akbar Jahan Abdullah was a member of 6th

6th Lok Sabha

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 and 8th Lok Sabha

8th Lok Sabha

List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:...

 from 1977 to 1979 and 1984 to 1989 from Srinagar

Srinagar

Srinagar is the summer seasonal capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. It is one of the largest cities in India not to have a Hindu majority. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats...

 and Anantnag

Anantnag

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 Parliamentary constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir

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Political career

She had the distinction of being the first President of Jammu and Kashmir Red Cross Society from 1947 to 1951. She also 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. Jahan Abdullah died on 11 July 2000 in Srinagar at the age of 83.

External links

• Farooq's mother laid to rest
• NC pays tributes to Begum Akbar Jahan