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When Baramulla bore the brunt of tribal raid!

Here is a powerful, SEO-optimized excerpt tailored for your WordPress post settings: Discover the harrowing history of the October 1947 tribal raid on Baramulla. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, archival records, and global dispatches, this piece revisits thirteen days of devastation, the targeting of St. Joseph's Convent, and the eventual liberation by Indian troops.
Jammu & Kashmir-Research

A Kashmiri Pandit who brought Somnath Temple gates back from Ghazni

Kashmir Rechords Exclusive In October 1833, a young Kashmiri traveller entered Ghazni. Operating as a brilliant Persian scholar and covert intelligence operative for the British, he was barely in his twenties when he ventured into one of the most turbulent regions of nineteenth-century Asia—observing rulers, armies, and political intrigues with a confidence unusual for an Indian of his time. Barely in his twenties, he was already...
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Pamposh: The first colour feature made, processed in India was born in Kashmir

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.
Jammu & Kashmir-Research

Grave Debates: The Mystery of Habba Khatoon’s Final Resting Place Rekindles a Cultural Storm

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...
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