Kashmir Rechords

Kashmir Rechords is an independent digital archive chronicling the history, culture and socio-political journey of Jammu & Kashmir, with a focus on original research, rare records and forgotten legacies.

Kashmiri Pandits’ Pledge to Celebrate Navreh in Kashmir

(Kashmir Rechords Report) In a stirring reaffirmation of identity, memory and belonging, Kashmiri Pandits across India and the global diaspora have renewed a collective pledge—to return to their roots and celebrate Navreh, the Kashmiri New Year, in Kashmir itself from the coming year onward. This is not merely a declaration. It is a civilisational assertion shaped by decades of displacement, a promise carried silently across years...
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 Century’s Wait… Indian Railways Finally Does It!

(By: Dr. Rajesh Bhat) Indian Railways with the completion of construction of all tunnels on Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla  (USB) Rail Link is finally going to fulfill the...

 Sharda Peetha—victim of willful apathy

At the moment when this blog is being written, Sharda temple along with the area annexed over large swathes of breathtakingly beautiful and spiritual...

 ON Koul—a Journalist, Editor & Media Advisor 

Very few young journalists in Jammu and Kashmir know about Mr  O. N. Koul, one of the most respected journalists who had a mastery...

Migraine of Art 370 is finally over!

(By: Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo)* The path-breaking judgement of the Supreme Court of India in regard to the Article 370 has a great significance in a...

Art 370 is no more but `Koshur’ lives!

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Article 370 is a history now. The self-inflated jinni now stands permanently closed in the bottle much to the consternation of those...

Englishman’s 1847 travel to Kashmir via Jammu, Rajouri

(By Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)* Kashmir Rechords in its blog dated 09/12/2023 highlighted the contents of a historical travelogue of 1847 written by Pandit Kanhaya Lal...

Englishman’s 1847 travel to Kashmir via Jammu

( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)* We are highly indebted to Rafi Ahmad Masoodi Sahab, Educationist, Writer, Historian and a distinguished Academician, originally from...

Vasudev Reh—a far-sighted poet

 Help in finding out our Unsung Heroes Throughout history, there have been countless individuals whose remarkable contributions have been overlooked, overshadowed or forgotten. These unsung...

Maharaja Hari Singh’s First and Last Radio Speech

It was on December 1, 1947 at 6.30 pm that Radio in the erstwhile Princely State of J&K started functioning from Jammu. Maharaja Hari...

How India lost Gilgit!

(By: R C Ganjoo)* Whenever and wherever the future of Gilgit- Baltistan (now under the illegal occupation of Pakistan) region is discussed, naturally Jammu &...

More Documentary Evidence about Fall of Snakes and Stones in Kashmir! (Part 2)

A write-up, published by Kashmir Rechords under the title ``When Snakes, Stones Snowed in Kashmir’ (Part 1) generated a lot of interest...

When snakes, stones snowed in Kashmir! (Part 1)

By Dr. Rajesh Bhat Ever heard of snakes or stones snowing? No! then go through this snowy story. No fairy tale but buried in the...