In 1997, a Budgam youth offered his kidney to PM V.P. Singh, citing his integrity and secularism. Discover this extraordinary story of Kashmiri devotion amidst political chaos.
(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 political corridors of 1997: Was there ever a serious attempt—formal or informal—to “hand over” Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) to Pakistan in the name of “everlasting peace” in Jammu and Kashmir?
Archival inputs accessed by Kashmir Rechords reveal that what unfolded in...
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In the autumn of 1942, amidst the sweeping changes of colonial India, a curious proposal made its way through the corridors of...
(Kashmir Rechords Desk)
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday falls on November 14 and the day is every year celebrated as Children’s Day. As the first Prime...
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The year was 1987. Kashmir was simmering. The scars of the Anantnag riots of 1986 — when shrines and temples of Kashmiri...
(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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Signing of the Instrument of Accession by Maharaja Hari Singh of the then Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir on October 26,...
J N Zutshi is credited to have set up two Radio Stations in Jammu and Kashmir---first at Jammu on December 1, 1947 and then at Srinagar on July 1, 1948 in order to counter the malicious Pakistani propaganda against India.
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The Intelligence Bureau (IB), India's internal intelligence agency, reputed to be the oldest such organization had suffered major causalities in Kashmir Valley...
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When the tribal raiders from Pakistan entered Kashmir in October 1947, the Valley was plunged into chaos. But nowhere was the suffering...
While Parliament attack anniversary is being held every year to remember all those who lost their lives in guarding the Temple of Democracy, people in Jammu and Kashmir seem to have forgotten the lethal attack on the Legislative Assembly Complex by anti-national elements who used a four-wheeler loaded with explosives, rammed it into the main gate with three ``fidayeen’’ suicide bombers,
(By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)*
There are lives that glow quietly, far away from the glare of recognition, yet leave behind a light that guides generations....
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
It sounds incredible but it is a fact that Lanka exists in Kashmir! Situated on the Eastern side of the sprawling Wular...