Burhan Wani (19 September 1994 – 8 July 2016) was the leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, an Islamist militant organization of the Kashmir conflict. Burhan Wani was an Indian militant and the commander of the Kashmiri militant group- Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. He was killed in an encounter by the security forces. His father, Muzaffar Ahmad Wani, is a maths teacher and the principal of a higher secondary school in Jammu & Kashmir. Burhan ’s martyrdom anniversary highlights the ceaseless struggle in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Wani , a commander of Hizbul Mujahideen (HuM), became an emblematic figure of the Kashmiri freedom movement. He symbolized the new wave of youthful defiance against Indian rule. Wani ’ s death has generated unprecedented public hysteria, in keeping with his image as a glamourous, tech savvy, insurgent. The lessons to be drawn from this event go beyond the conventional understanding of violence in Kashmir.
