December 28 and Kashmiri Pandits

December 28 holds an important significance in the history of Kashmiri Pandits following their exodus from Kashmir. It is on this day in 1991 that Panun Kashmir, besides raising other demands, adopted a Margdarshan Resolution for a separate homeland for Kashmiri Hindus within Kashmir. On the same day in 1993, the first ever World Kashmiri Pandit   Conference was held in New Delhi.

All India Jan Sangh President Prof Balraj Madhok was the chief speaker during Margdarshan 1991 seminar where he batted  for separate States for Jammu and Ladakh besides abrogation of Article 370.

While Article 370 has since been abrogated, Ladakh has been carved out as a Union Territory and Jammu is yet to get its due—-so are Kashmiri Pandits craving for a separate homeland!

A demand for a Union territory for Kashmiri Hindus was also raised during the first ever World Kashmiri Pandit Conference held in New Delhi on December 28, 1993. Resolutions like setting up of a Sharda University in exile and setting up of Kashmiri culture data resource base have remained confined to this conference only.

Kashmir Rechords is reproducing the newspaper cuttings of both December 28, 1991 and December 28, 1993 for the benefit of our esteemed readers.