In response to Kashmir Media Service, the veteran Kashmiri chief was 92.
Geelani had been underneath home arrest for a few years, KMS added.
Syed Ali Geelani was born on September 29, 1929 in a village on the banks of Wular lake in Sopore space of Kashmir’s Baramulla district, in accordance with Anadolu Company.
He remained a staunch opponent of India’s unlawful occupation of Jammu and Kashmir and lead the Kashmiris’ wrestle for his or her proper to self-determination.
Geelani was beforehand a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir however afterward based his personal social gathering by the identify of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat.
He additionally served because the Chairman of All Events Hurriyat Convention, a discussion board of freedom events in Jammu and Kashmir.
The veteran chief was a member of the Kashmir Meeting from the Sopore constituency of Jammu and Kashmir thrice — 1972, 1977 and 1987.