Tag: Maharaja Hari Singh

From Padma Shri to a Militant’s Bullet: The Forgotten Mohammad Din

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) There are stories history records. There are others history owes itself the duty to recover. The story of Din Mohammad Jagir belongs to the second category. In official records of the Government of India, he is simply “Shri Mohammad Din Jagir, Jammu and Kashmir — Padma Shri, 1966, Social Work.” Behind those few words, however, lies an extraordinary and almost forgotten episode...
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A Community without an address: The Kashmiri Pandit story

By R. K. Tickoo* “Where do you live?”“What is your address?”“Where is your hometown?” Almost every Kashmiri Pandit who has lived outside Kashmir over the past 36 years has faced these seemingly simple questions. And each time, they carry a deeper meaning. I may be living in, or even owning, a house, flat or property anywhere in India or elsewhere in the world. But the real predicament...
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J N Zutshi—the first Director General of Radio Kashmir

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.

July 13, 1931: Kashmir’s Day of Communal Reckoning

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) In the long and often manipulated history of Kashmir, few dates are as politically charged and historically misunderstood as July 13, 1931....
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Maharaja Hari Singh’s `Minister-in-Waiting’ !

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) In the intricate history of Kashmir, many individuals have left indelible marks, though their names may not always be celebrated. One such...
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  State Subject to Domicile: The Journey of Indian Citizenship of  J&K Residents

 (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...
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