Srinagar, Nov 30 : Ghulam Hassan Parray, a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Devsar, passed away on Saturday at the age of 95 in his ancestral village of Shampora, Qazigund, in Anantnag district.
Parray, who made history in the 1972 elections by winning as an independent candidate, had been in poor health before his death but passed away peacefully at home.
This was the only election Parray contested in his political career. The election saw a 66.78% voter turnout from a total of 29,854 registered voters.
