(Kashmir Rechords Research Desk)
The story of Sarwanand Kaul Premi is often told as one of the most tragic chapters in Kashmir's modern history. A celebrated poet, Gandhian thinker, journalist, social reformer and one of the finest literary voices of Kashmir, Premi was abducted and brutally murdered by militants in April 1990 along with his young son Virender Kaul. His martyrdom has been remembered in...
A forgotten 1935 railway campaign promoted Kashmir to travellers across undivided India. Today, the Global Kashmiri Pandit Heritage Tour seeks to reconnect a displaced community with its roots, sparking both nostalgia and debate over the meaning of return.
(By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)*
February 13, 1990: Director Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar, Lassa Kaul is shot dead by terrorists who considered him a stumbling block in...
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A piece of tragic history lies buried under picturesque area of Kulgam, Kashmir district’s snow covered Houen Heng (Dog’s Horn) peak, 4200...
Known to Kashmiris and the world for his classic translation of the twelfth-century Chronicle of Sanskrit poet, Pandit Kalhana’s Rajatarangini, Sir Marc Aurel Stein...
(By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo)
Kashmir Rechords in its previous four blogs had mentioned Englishman Mr. Winter Bedim’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir in 1847 recorded in the...
(By: R C Ganjoo)*
Pulwama and Anantnag, the two terror-affected districts in South Kashmir for the past many years, also have some inspiring stories about...
( By: Kanwal Krishan Lidhoo*)
Kashmir Rechords in its previous three blogs dated 9th, 12th and 30th December 2023 had mentioned an Englishman’s visit to Jammu...
Jammu based Kashmir Cultural Trust, a charitable organization working for the promotion of national cultural heritage especially of the Union Territory of J&K organised...
(From the Feudal Dogra State through Independent India to the Present-day Naya Bharat)
(By: Dr. S.N. Pandita*)
Introduction
From a State Subject to Permanent Resident and now...