(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) In the annals of the Kashmiri Pandit community, names like Tika Lal Taploo, Neelkanth Ganjoo and Prem Nath Bhat are often mentioned with reverence, each symbolizing the community’s enduring struggle and sacrifice. However, the story of Ruchir Kumar Koul from the picturesque town of Bhaderwah in the Jammu division remains largely unknown, […]
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Thirty-four years ago, this day, on May 21, 1990, three young men visited the home of Kashmir’s head priest and prominent political leader, Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq, in Srinagar. They fatally shot Mirwaiz Farooq and fled the scene. The assassination was orchestrated by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which had labelled Mirwaiz as an […]
(Remembering Ashok Sodhi on his 16th Death Anniversary) Four decades ago, the concept of photojournalism was new to Jammu. Few photographers, including Afzal Shah, Chander Sunder and Raju Kerni were there in this profession. And that was the era of 1987-88, when Ashok Sodhi had begun to capture different terrestrial and extra-terrestrial events, varied […]
( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Thirty-four years ago, on April 6, 1990, Kashmir University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mushir-ul-Haq, his Personal Secretary, Abdul Gani Zargar and Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) General Manager, Mr. H L Khera are kidnapped by terrorists. Four days after their abduction, on April 10, 1990, all the three are brutally killed, as demands […]
( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Whatever may be the reason, Kashmiri politicians are presently showing other shades and hues of their true colour. In 1990, they abruptly started quitting regional and national political parties on the `directions’ of militants and their organizations who were then ruling the roost in Kashmir. Now it is the other way […]
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 […]
( 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: K R Ishan Thirty-eight years ago, this day, on February, 20, Anantnag riots of 1986 had begun from Wanpoh village of the South Kashmir district, sowing the seeds for the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley, which ultimately started germinating in 1990. On the fateful day of February 20, 1986, several […]
