(Bhutto’s Execution April 4, 1979) (Kashmir Rechords Excusive) Forty-five years ago on April 4, 1979, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan’s former President and deposed Prime Minister is hanged to death! The gruesome act puts Kashmir on fire! For the first time in the history of Kashmir, anti-Pakistan and anti-Jamat-e-Islami demonstrators are held everywhere. Effigies of Pakistani […]
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) The Erstwhile Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir had the unique distinction of having its own currency notes printed and circulated in 1877 AD during the reign of Maharaja Ranbir Singh. The State used to issue these notes through its Treasury in 1877 (Samvat 1934). These notes were being issued mainly for […]
( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)* Continuing the tradition of according glory to Persian, the court language of the Mughals in the Indian subcontinent, Kashmiri Pandits have produced marvelous literature in this language, demonstrating their ability to add significance to anything close to their hearts. While Sanskrit was the language traditionally associated with this community, they […]
Kashmir Rechords Exclusive Thirty-four years ago, on March 25, 1990, another “ Indian Agent’’ was killed! This time, the `Agent’ was a former Legislator, Mir Mustafa, who was first kidnapped and later hanged to death by terrorists on a killing spree. As per the relevant newspaper reports available with the Kashmir Rechords, before pronouncing […]
This newspaper cutting of Dateline March 25, 2003 is sufficient to recall what had happened that fateful day in Nadimarg village of Pulwama, Kashmir.
( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Circa March 1990: Kashmir Rechords in its recent blogs reported about the killing of a Telecom Engineer B K Ganjoo and that of Deputy Director, Food and Supplies Kashmir A K Raina who were killed in the month of March 1990. During the same period, terrorists in Kashmir had killed leaders […]
( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) His family was denied pension for five years after terrorists shot him dead while on duty! Thirty-four years after his death, the family is still not aware whether his killers have been brought to justice? His younger son is desperately fighting for recognising his father’s martyrdom! The martyr is none other […]
( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Thirty-four years ago, this day on March 19, 1990, Bal Krishan Ganjoo, an Engineer working with Indian Telecommunication Department, was shot dead by terrorists on the same day when “Multi- Party Political Leaders’’ of India were requesting terrorists in Kashmir to shun the path of violence. The appeal fell on deaf […]
(By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)* The historical materials pertaining to Hindu religious thought in Kashmir consistently pique the interest of scholars and academics. It is this enduring relevance that prompts us to revisit these materials in search of solutions to our contemporary challenges. Such activities have been integral to Kashmir, fostering the development of its […]
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Jammu and Kashmir have a unique bonding even before the Princely State had acceded to India. Even as certain agencies, for their vested interests, have painted Sangh black, the fact that most of the people are unaware of, is that RSS had played a major role in […]