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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 Pandits were vandalized — were still fresh. The State’s law and order machinery was in disarray, shaken further by the controversial closure of the Darbar Move in October that year. Amid this charged atmosphere, the small, vulnerable community of Kashmiri...
By: Kashmir Rechords Archival Desk
Few people remember that November 7, 1947 marks one of the most decisive days in India’s post-Independence history — the Battle of Shalateng! Fought on the misty outskirts of Srinagar, this fierce engagement between Indian soldiers and tribal raiders supported by Pakistan and her Army, proved to be the turning point in the first Indo-Pakistani War (1947–48).
In just a...
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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,
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Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh signals bold roadmap for Kashmir, hails book by Dr Vijay K. Sazawal as a landmark in unbiased...
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Remembering Manohar Prothi, Kashmir’s legendary broadcaster who fought propaganda with his voice
At a time when India-Pakistan relations have plunged to a new...
A recent find by Kashmir Rechords—a rare Urdu directory of Kashmiri Pandits from 1924-1934—has uncovered a forgotten chapter of history, revealing the existence of...
The Battle of Zoji La, fought on the snow-clad heights of the Himalayas, remains one of the most awe-inspiring episodes of valour and strategy in the annals of Indian military history. This battle not only marked a turning point in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948 but also redefined the boundaries of warfare by employing tanks at an altitude previously unimaginable for armoured combat.
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In the chaotic and tumultuous days of 1947, as the subcontinent was torn apart by the partition, the fate of countless lives...
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Sir Pandit Tej Bahadur Sapru (8 December 1875 – 20 January 1949) is widely recognized as an Indian freedom fighter, eminent...