    the jammu & kashmir national conference (jkn) is a state political party in the indian state of jammu and kashmir. led at the time of indian independence in 1947 by sheikh abdullah, it dominated electoral politics in the state for many decades. it has been led subsequently by the sheikh's son farooq abdullah (1981â2002) and his son omar abdullah (2002â2009). farooq abdullah was again made the president of the party in 2009. ==history== ===the pre-independence period=== in october 1932, sheikh abdullah founded the all jammu and kashmir muslim conference. on 11 june 1939 it was renamed as the all jammu and kashmir national conference. the national conference was affiliated to the all india states peoples conference. sheikh abdullah was elected its president in 1947. in 1946, the national conference launched an intensive agitation against the state government. it was directed against the maharaja. the slogan of the agitation was "quit kashmir". ===the post-independence period=== in the elections held in september 1951, national conference won all 75 seats of the constituent assembly of jammu and kashmir. sheikh abdullah remained the prime minister until his dismissal in august 1953 on the grounds of conspiracy against the state of india. bakshi ghulam mohammad became the prime minister of the state and sheikh abdullah was arrested on 9 august 1953. in 1965 the national conference merged with the indian national congress and became the jammu and kashmir branch of the congress party. sheikh abdullah was again arrested in 1965 until 1968 for conspiracy against the state. sheikh abdullah's splinter plebiscite front faction later appropriated the name of the original party when abdullah was allowed to return 
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