n the early 1950s, Kashmir became the unlikely birthplace of a landmark in Indian colour cinema. Ezra Mir’s Pamposh, shot around Dal Lake in 1951–52, was India’s first colour feature domestically produced and processed after Independence. It travelled to Cannes in 1954, but the film itself has since vanished. Today, rare photographs, including an exclusive 1953 Blitz image preserved by Kashmir Rechords, and archival material documented by SAGE researchers offer tantalising glimpses of a lost cinematic Kashmir.
A rare newspaper report from May 1984 documents attacks on Kashmiri Pandit temples and communal violence in Kashmir, indicating that the minority community faced growing insecurity years before the disputed 1987 elections. The archival record places the 1986 Anantnag riots and the 1990 exodus within a longer, documented chronology of escalating events, offering an important historical perspective on the Kashmir conflict.
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
Following the October 1947 tribal raid on the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh acceded to the Indian Union after...
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
Signing of the Instrument of Accession by Maharaja Hari Singh of the then Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir on October 26, 1947...
By: Kashmir Rechords Editorial Desk
A new storm is sweeping through Jammu and Kashmir’s literary and cultural circles. The spark? A centuries-old question: Where lies Habba...
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
Was it a rogue statement… a political misadventure… or something far more calculated?
Nearly three decades later, a chilling question still lingers over the...
(Kashmir Rechords Report)
It was December 1989 when Pakistan launched its biggest-ever military exercise, Zarb-e-Momin, creating an imaginary war-like situation under a carefully crafted plan...
By: Kashmir Rechords Archival Desk
Few people remember that November 7, 1947 marks one of the most decisive days in India’s post-Independence history — the...
(By: Dr Rajesh Bhat)*
In a historic and emotional move, Jammu and Kashmir Government has begun issuing Domicile Certificates to the survivors of the 1947 ...
n the early 1950s, Kashmir became the unlikely birthplace of a landmark in Indian colour cinema. Ezra Mir’s Pamposh, shot around Dal Lake in 1951–52, was India’s first colour feature domestically produced and processed after Independence. It travelled to Cannes in 1954, but the film itself has since vanished. Today, rare photographs, including an exclusive 1953 Blitz image preserved by Kashmir Rechords, and archival material documented by SAGE researchers offer tantalising glimpses of a lost cinematic Kashmir.
