(Kashmir Rechords Desk) Two Zadoo Brothers from Anantnag district—Dina Nath and Kanti Chandra, who find their name incorporated in the category of “ Unsung Heroes’’, prepared by Government of India during “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’’, were closely associated with Netaji Subash Chandra Bose. Born in 1916 and 1918, respectively, to Prof. Jagaddhar Zadoo, the elder […]
(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 […]
(Sair-e-Kashmir Part V) ( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo) Kashmir Rechords in its previous four blogs had mentioned Englishman Mr. Winter Bedim’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir in 1847 recorded in the form of daily entries called ‘Roznamcha’ by one Pandit Kanhaya Lal Aashiq Dehalvi and later published in the form of the book under the title Sair-e-Kashmir. In […]
(By: R C Ganjoo)* Pulwama and Anantnag, the two terror-affected districts in South Kashmir for the past many years, also have some inspiring stories about spirituality to tell. Murran is one such village in Pulwama district where Pandit Badrinath Bhat, a nonagenarian still lives with his family. Despite several threats and upheavals, Pt. Badrinath never […]
( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo*) Kashmir Rechords in its previous three blogs dated 9th, 12th and 30th December 2023 had mentioned an Englishman’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir in 1847 recorded in the form of daily entries called ‘Roznamcha’ by one Pandit Kanhaya Lal Aashiq Dehalvi and later published under the title Sair-e-Kashmir and we had in three […]
(By: R. C. Ganjoo)* The Intelligence Bureau (IB), India’s internal intelligence agency, reputed to be the oldest such organization had suffered major causalities in Kashmir Valley in 1990, beginning from January 2. On January 27, when the world will be observing International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it is an opportunity to reassert Nation’s commitment to human […]
(By: Dr. Rajesh Bhat) Late Shri Prem Nath Bhat, the first journalist killed during Kashmir turmoil, has become the icon of Political Groups as well as individuals against religious fundamentalism and ethnic cleansing of a vulnerable minority like Kashmiri Pandits. In life as well as in death, he was able to forge a remarkable unity […]
(Records, Census figures speak everything) By Dr.Rajesh Bhat If the records are to be relied upon, there has been a massive decline of Kashmiri Pandits living in Kashmir valley during the past 100 years! In 1921, the population of Kashmiri Pandits living in Kashmir, as per the 1921 Jammu and Kashmir State Census was 55,052. […]
