Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Abdul Sattar Ranjoor (born ca. 1917, dead 23 March 1990) was a Kashmiri politician. He was a veteran leader of the Communist Party of India (CPI). Ranjoor was the founding state secretary of the party in Jammu and Kashmir. He served as a National Council member of the party.He took part in the struggle against British colonial rule. Ranjoor also played an important role in building up the peasant movement in the Kashmir valley. Ranjoor was also a noted Urdu poet. Whilst living in Lahore for a couple of years, he had been close to the reknowned poet Sir Muhammad Iqbal.Ranjoor contested the 1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, standing as a Democratic National Conference candidate in the Rajpora seat. According to the official report, he finished in second place but obtained merely 188 votes (0.8% of the votes in the constituency). However this election became infamous for fraud and massive rigging by the ruling party.He contested the Shopian seat in the 1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, standing as a CPI candidate. He finished in third place with 2,807 votes (16.93% of the votes in the constituency). He again stood as a candidate in Shopian in the 1972 election, finishing in third place again but increasing his result to 5,160 votes (25.87%).In his later years Ranjoor withdrew from active politics due to old age. On 23 March 1990 militants barged into his house in Kegem Shopian. Ranjoor was shot and died instantly. He was 73 years old at the time of his death.. }
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- Abdul_Sattar_Ranjoor abstract "Abdul Sattar Ranjoor (born ca. 1917, dead 23 March 1990) was a Kashmiri politician. He was a veteran leader of the Communist Party of India (CPI). Ranjoor was the founding state secretary of the party in Jammu and Kashmir. He served as a National Council member of the party.He took part in the struggle against British colonial rule. Ranjoor also played an important role in building up the peasant movement in the Kashmir valley. Ranjoor was also a noted Urdu poet. Whilst living in Lahore for a couple of years, he had been close to the reknowned poet Sir Muhammad Iqbal.Ranjoor contested the 1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, standing as a Democratic National Conference candidate in the Rajpora seat. According to the official report, he finished in second place but obtained merely 188 votes (0.8% of the votes in the constituency). However this election became infamous for fraud and massive rigging by the ruling party.He contested the Shopian seat in the 1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, standing as a CPI candidate. He finished in third place with 2,807 votes (16.93% of the votes in the constituency). He again stood as a candidate in Shopian in the 1972 election, finishing in third place again but increasing his result to 5,160 votes (25.87%).In his later years Ranjoor withdrew from active politics due to old age. On 23 March 1990 militants barged into his house in Kegem Shopian. Ranjoor was shot and died instantly. He was 73 years old at the time of his death.".