Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 8: Moosa Raza, a retired IAS of Gujarat cadre, who was Chief Secretary (CS) of Jammu and Kashmir in 1989-90, passed away in Chennai.
He was 87. Moosa Raza was lastly the Chairman of the South Indian Educational Trust (SIET), which runs six educational institutions. His book titled “Of Nawabs and Nightingales” is a collection of his early experiences in the Indian Administrative Service.
His book “Kashmir: Land of Regrets”, published in 2019, is a recollection of his tenure as the J&K Chief Secretary in the tumultuous years leading up to the kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed. He handled Rubaiya Sayeed’s kidnapping and release, of course being stuck between the conflicting directions of the VP Singh Government at the Centre, in which Rubaiya’s father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was the Union Home Minister, and the J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah.
Raza published his memoirs titled “Of Giants and Windmills” in 2022 which traces his journey from a remote village in South India to his last role as Chairman of the South Indian Educational Trust.
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