Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922 – 19 April 1999) was the

Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir The chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir is the title given to the head of government of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is the union territory's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority ...

for a brief period of time from 12 October 1963 to 29 February 1964. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1956 and re-elected in 1962, 1967 and 1972. It was during his administration, on 26 December 1963, that the Proposed Prophet's Relic was stolen from the

Hazratbal Shrine The Hazratbal Shrine, popularly called Dargah Sharif (), is a Sufism, Sufi dargah and mosque, located in Hazratbal locality of Srinagar, in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India. The site contains ...

. Weeks after that incident, he was replaced by Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq.

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