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Hashmat Ullah Khan was born in 1954 in Srinagar. He is a Kashmiri Kani Shawl promoter and entrepreneur. This is a famous type of Shawl belonging from the Kanihama area of Kashmir and is famous since the time of Mughals. Hashmat Ullah received Padma Shri Award in 2009 for his efforts to revive the weaving of this type of shawl.

Moti Lal Kemmu was a famous playwright (1933 - 2018) from Kashmir. He was born in 1933 in Srinagar. He graduated from Jammu and Kashmir University in 1953. He wrote, acted and directed plays in Kashmiri. Some of his important plays include Teen Asangati Aikanki, Lal Drayas Lol Re, Trunove, Tshai, Natak Truche, Tota Tol Aina, etc. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1982 for his contribution to Kashmiri Literature as a playwright.

Ghulam Rasul Santosh was born in 1929 in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir.

Kacho Sikandar Khan was an eminent writer from Kargil district of Ladakh. He was born in 1917. He belonged to the Gasho family of Chiktan. He had a good command over the Urdu and Persian languages.

'Afkaar-e-Pareshan' is the autobiography of Kacho Sikandar Khan. In his autobiography he pained the erosion of Ladakh's traditional communal harmony, the deterioration of moral values and growing corruption in society.

Mian Bashir Ahmed was born in 1923 in Wanghat of Kashmir. He is a politician and a religious person. He remained the member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly for four times.

Mehar Chand Mahajan was the first Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during the Reign of Maharaja Hari Singh.

Syed Mir Qasim was born in 1921 in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir. He was the Chief Minister of the state from 1971 to 1975. His political life started with Quit Kashmir Political Movement during India's freedom struggle. He drafted the Kashmir Constitution and served successfully in various state and union positions. He established the Indian National Congress (The Congress Party) in the state.

Omar Abdullah was born on 10^th March, 1970 in Rochford town in England. He is a politician from Jammu and Kashmir and the son of Farooq Abdullah. From 2001 to 2002, he remained as the Union Minister of State for External Affairs in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's NDA Government. In 2002, he became the President of the National Conference (Political Party). Again in 2006, he was re-elected as the President of this political party. He was appointed as the 11^th and the youngest Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 2009 to 2015.

Hamza Makhdoom also referred as Mehboob-ul-Alam and Sultan-ul-Arifeen. He was born in the Tujjar village of Baramulla district. His father was called Baba Usman. Hamza Makhdoom studied in a Monastery for a year and later in a Madrasa, he studied philosophy, logics, ethics, jurisprudence, mysticism, etc. He died at an age of 82 in the year 1576 in Srinagar. His Shrine is known as Makhdoom Sahib or Hazrat Sultan-ul-Arifeen which is an important pilgrimage centre of Kashmir.