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This book is a compendium of the speeches and interviews of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, who reigned as Prime Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir from 1948 to 1953, and who was a large presence on the political landscape of India for fifty years. The volume is designed to enable a student of South Asian politics, and the politics of Kashmir in particular, to analyze the ways in which experiences have been constructed historically and have changed overtime.

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1. Introduction
2. Letters 2.1. Letter to the United Nations Security Council, 1953 2.2. Letter to Chaudhry Noor Hussian from Special Jail, Jammu, January 25, 1960 2.3. Letter to Lal Bahadur Shashtri, Prime Minister of India, March 17, 1965 2.4. Letter to Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan, September 1, 1967 2.5. Letter to Khwaja Ghulam Ahmed Kashmiri, December 11, 1967 3. Speeches 3.1. Speech that Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was scheduled to make in Srinagar on Eid in August 1953 3.2. Speech at Idgah, January 2, 1968 3.3. Speech to a Group of Kashmiri Traders, January 12, 1968 3.4. Speech to the Muslims of Deoband, January 1968 3.5. Speech in Patna, Bihar, January 23, 1968 3.6. Speech in Deoband, January 28, 1968 3.7. Speech at Mujahid Manzil, March 4, 1968 3.8. Speech in Shahi Masjid Grounds, March 5, 1968 3.9. A Gathering Addressed by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Sopore, March 8, 1968 3.10. Speech Made by on the Occasion of Eid (a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide), March 10, 1968 3.11. Speech in Pulwama, Kashmir March 14, 1968 3.12. Speech at Hazratbal, Srinagar, March 15, 1968 3.13. Inaugural Address of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Delivered at the Convention of Delegates, Jammu and Kashmir: August 11, 1974, Mujahid Manzil, Srinagar 3.14. Presidential Address, Delivered by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah at the Annual Session of All Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, held at Idgah Grounds, Jammu, April 24, 1976 3.15. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah´s View Explained: Second Plenary Session, J & K People´s Convention, June 8-13, 1970
4. Press 4.1. Press Conference at a Reception Held in Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah´s Honor by the Kashmir Press Club at Amar Singh Club, Srinagar, March 6, 1968 4.2. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah´s interviewed for the Supplementary Issue (1968) of Shabistan Urdu Digest, New Delhi 5. Concluding Remarks

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"The book taken as a whole is an interesting read because it not only presents us the ideas of sheikh Abdullah in the form of his letters, speeches and press conferences but also give as a clear peep into Khan´s own understanding of the situation as it exists in Kashmir at present. ... The Book reflects her frustration with the Violence, purposelessness, and senselessness, that the Present-day politics has started representing." (Rekha Chowdhary, The Book Review, Vol. 63 (3), March, 2019)

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Nyla Ali Khan is Faculty at Rose State College, former Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, and Visiting Professor at the University of Oklahoma, USA. Dr. Khan is the author of three critically acclaimed books, including The Fiction of Nationality in an Era of Transnationalism, and the editor of a collection of essays on Kashmir. She is a native of Kashmir, and a native speaker of the Kashmir language.

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