Practicing Success
What happened to Sheikh Abdullah in 1953? |
He voluntarily resigned from the Prime Minister position He was appointed as the Governor of Kashmir He took up a diplomatic role in another country He was dismissed from his Prime Minister position and detained |
He was dismissed from his Prime Minister position and detained |
Sheikh Abdullah was dismissed from his Prime Minister position in 1953 and kept in detention. Sheikh Abdullah assumed the role of Prime Minister in March 1948 within the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Simultaneously, India agreed to bestow provisional autonomy under Article 370. This provisional autonomy permitted the State a certain degree of self-governance. Consequently, the head of the State government came to be known as the Prime Minister. |