‘Radioactive’ Gulmarg: Kashmir’s long romance with rumours

In January 1979, a frightening rumour about radioactive snow sent a wave of anxiety through Kashmir. The authorities denied it, but the episode revealed something much older—the Valley’s enduring fascination with whispers, exaggeration and manufactured news.

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1984 Archives debunk the 1987 Kashmir Myth

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.

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Shocking! Vivekananda was denied land in Kashmir

(Kashmir Rechords News Desk) Very few people must be knowing that  Swami Vivekananda, one of the most popular monks and spiritual leaders of India was...

Maharaja Hari Singh’s letter to Lord Mountbatten `In Haste’

(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...

Peep inside Pakistan on J&K’s Accession with India

(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...

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Was There a Quiet Push to ‘Hand Over PoK to Pakistan’ in 1997?

(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...

Zarb-e-Momin and the Kashmir Mirage!

(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...

A Fierce Battle That Saved Srinagar in Nov 1947!

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...

Restoring Roots: Domicile Certificates to Muzaffarabad Massacre Survivors

(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 ...

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‘Radioactive’ Gulmarg: Kashmir’s long romance with rumours

In January 1979, a frightening rumour about radioactive snow sent a wave of anxiety through Kashmir. The authorities denied it, but the episode revealed something much older—the Valley’s enduring fascination with whispers, exaggeration and manufactured news.

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