Reasi district is an administrative district in the Jammu division of Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in the Jammu region. The Reasi district is bordered by Udhampur district and Ramban district in the east,Jammu district in the south,Rajouri district in the west and by Kulgam district on the north. The Reasi and Rajouri tehsils formed a joint district called the "Reasi district" at the time of the princely state's accession to India in 1947. As part of the reorganisation,the two tehsils were separated and Reasi was merged with the Udhampur district. It again became a separate district in 2006.
Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the six Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. The constituency covers 20,230 square kilometres of mountainous Himalayan terrain,and is comparable to the size of Israel. It is composed of the districts of Kishtwar,Ramban,Kathua,Doda,Reasi,and Udhampur. Udhampur constituency's population is over 2,400,000,and exceeds the population of New Mexico. The seat from 1967-1980 was held by Karan Singh,the former crown prince of Jammu and Kashmir.
Aijaz Ahmad Khan popularly known as Aijaz Saab or Sher-e-Gool Gulabgarh is an Indian politician and was a member of the 10th,11th and 12th Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Gool Arnas constituency. He served as Minister of various portfolios from 2002 to 2014 in Jammu and Kashmir Govt under the Chief Ministership of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed,Ghulam Nabi Azad and Omar Abdullah. He also served as Deputy Leader of Congress Legislative Party from 2014 to 2018 He left Congress and became founding member of Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) formed on 8 March 2020. He is also currently the Vice President of Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party. He is also the Vice President of PAC and member CWC of Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party.
Abdul Ghani Malik is an Indian politician and member of the Jammu &Kashmir National Conference. Malik is a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Gulabgarh constituency in Udhampur district. Malik was elected to the state legislative assembly in 1996 and made hatrick by winning the subsequent elections of 2002 and 2008. He was made a cabinet minister in 2009,in the Omar Abdullah led government,with the portfolios of higher education,labour and employment.
Gulabgarh Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir,a northern union territory of India. It is also part of the Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency.
Gool Arnas Assembly constituency is one of the 87 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Gool Arnas is also part of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency. Gool Arnas was not a constituency until 1995 when it was created by way of delimitation. In fact the Arnas constituency was bifurcated into two parts- Gool Arnas and Gulabgarh.
Syed Basharat Ahmad Bukhari is a broadcaster and the former minister for Law,Justice,Revenue,Parliamentary affairs,Horticulture,Disaster Management,Relief,Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Jammu and Kashmir State(Erstwhile),India. He served as member of Legislative Council and member of Legislative Assembly from Sangrama assembly segment
Reasi is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. It is also part of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency.
Aijaz Ahmad Mir is an Indian politician and the former member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly who represented Wachi assembly constituency of the Jammu and Kashmir (state). He is affiliated with Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party.
Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister of Jammu and Kashmir. He is an advocate by profession and was a member of the 11th and 12th Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Darhal constituency. He has also served as Cabinet Minister from 2015 to 2018. He was also associated with Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party and served as district chief of the party for district Rajouri 2003 to 2013. He resigned from the PDP and became one of the founding member of Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party. Presently Vice President of the party. in August 2024,He joined BJP.
Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain was an Indian politician and bureaucrat. He was part of 4th,6th,8th and 9th Jammu and Kashmir state Legislative assembly. He represented the Darhal Vidhan Sabha constituency of Rajouri district of erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir 5 times. He was first elected as MLA from this seat,on the mandate of Indian national congress in 1967 and 1969. He remained district chief of the INC for a long period. In 1972 he was denied the mandate by the INC,In 1975 he joined Jammu and Kashmir national conference headed by Sheikh Mohmmed Abdullah. In 1977 he contested the elections from the same vidhan sabha seat on the mandate of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and was elected for 3rd time to the Vidhan Sabha. He was inducted in the council of ministers of Sheikh Mohmmed Abdullah. In 1983 he lost the elections to INC candidate and veteran spiritual gujjar leader with a very thin margin. In 1987,elections to Jammu and Kashmir legialative assembly,he was again elected to represent this constituency. Again,in 1996 elected to vidhan sabha for,and was again inducted in the council of ministers headed by Dr Farooq Abdullah which he held till his death 30 September 2002. He also served as Block Development Officer from 1957 to 1967. As a minister he headed the revenue,relief and rehabilitation,rural development and Panchayati Raj cooperatives departments etc. His younger son Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali also represents Darhal in 11th and 12th Assemblies and was a cabinet minister in the Mufti Mohommad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti Governments.
Hakeem Yaseen is the most senior Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He is a former revenue,irrigation,transport,and food Minister and a former member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Khan Sahib Assembly constituency. He is the chairman of Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Front. He has also developed many school,colleges and hospitals in his area,he Also discover a most popular tourist place doodhpathri Jammu and Kashmir,and he also developed roads and town etc.
Khan Sahib Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Khan Sahib is also part of Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency.
Javaid Mustafa Mir is an Indian politician and a former minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. He was elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 2002,2008 and 2014 from Chadoora. Presently,he is the Vice President of Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party.
Ali Mohammad Dar is an Indian politician and a former Member of Legislative Council in the Union Territory of Jammu &Kashmir he belongs to the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and serves as a senior leader there he contested elections from the Chadoora in 1996 and won,he again fought elections in 2002,2008,2014 but lost.
Mubarak Ahmad Gul,also known as Mubarak Gul,is an Indian politician and a former member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Eidgah constituency. Affiliated with Jammu &Kashmir National Conference,he also served speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly in 2013 to 2015 and advisor to the then chief minister Omar Abdullah.
Mumtaz Ahmed Khan is Indian Politician and Former Member of 12th Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Khan was previously associated with Indian National Congress but left the party and joined Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party. Khan contest from Gulabgarh constituency earlier his father was used to contest from Gulabgarh. Khan’s father was Haji Buland Khan,who was a three-time member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Mumtaz' elder brother is Ajaz Ahmed Khan who was a former Minister and three-time member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
Feroz Ahmed Khan is an Indian politician who has served as a Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Zanskar Assembly constituency being associated with the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference since 2008 to 2014. He was the Minister of State for Information Technology Department. He became CEC of Kargil Council in 2018.
Chaudhary Habib Ur Rehman,popularly known as Nayab Sahab,is an Indian Politician and former Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Nuh constituency in the Nuh district of Haryana. He was elected as an Independent Member of Legislative Assembly once from the Nuh Assembly constituency.
Mian Altaf Ahmad Larvi is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He was a five time MLA from Kangan Assembly constituency in Ganderbal district.
