Moosa Raza, former Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir and chairman of Southern Indian Education Trust (SIET), died in Chennai.

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Moosa Raza, former Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir and chairman of Southern Indian Education Trust (SIET), died in Chennai. Besides serving in J&K, Raza, an IAS officer, also served in Gujarat. He also authored ‘Of Giants and Windmills – An Autobiography’. He was instrumental in negotiations during the armed uprising in Jammu and Kashmir in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Known for his dedication to public service, Mr. Raza was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2010.


     

     

     

 

     


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