Mast Gul: what Wikipedia removed
Mast Gul is a Pakistani figure best known for the 1995 Charar-e-Sharief siege in Indian-administered Kashmir, formerly of the militant group Hizbul Mujahideen. Through October 6, 2023 the opening called him “a Pakistani terrorist operating in Indian administered state Jammu and Kashmir during 1995.” Today’s opening calls him only “a Pakistani militant,” with terrorist surviving once elsewhere in the article, not the opening. A reader arriving now does not learn that the opening once called him a terrorist rather than merely a militant.
The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| militant | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The sentence describing him as a Pakistani terrorist operating in Kashmir in 1995, replaced with the word militant.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2020 (revision 959144255):
Mast Gul ( Urdu : مست گل ), (born as Haroon Khan ), is a Pakistani terrorist operating in Indian administered state Jammu and Kashmir during 1995. Gul is also accused for carrying out “2014 Peshawar hotel attact”. He is a resident of Khawaja town of Peshawar . He, along with his associates, entered the Holy shrine of Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali at Charar-i-Sharief in 1995. To avoid any damage to holy Shrine, he was offered a safe passage by India Administration, which he refused. All holed up militants started building bunkers inside the town which resulted in migration of all inhabitants of Charar-i-Sharief to different areas of Kashmir valley. The town was cracked down by Indian troopers for a…
2025 (revision 1294450973):
Pakistani militant (born c. 1966) Haroon Khan (born c. 1966 ), better known by his nom-de-guerre as Mast Gul or Major Mast Gul , is a Pakistani militant and the former member of Hizbul Mujahideen . He is best known for his role in the Charar-e-Sharief siege in 1995, one of the prominent events during the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir . He was also associated with the militant group Harkat-ul-Ansar , which was active in Kashmir during the 1990s. ^ “Hizbul commander Mast Gul resurfaces in Peshawar” . India TV News . 6 February 2014 . Retrieved 18 November 2024 . ^ “Jammu & Kashmir” . The Tribune, Chandigarh, India . 13 October 2003 . Retrieved 18 November 2024 . ^ Naqash, Tariq (26 February …
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