A lawyer, administrator, sportsman and patriot, Lala Chet Ram Chopra governed Jammu during the turbulent months of Partition and the tribal invasion of 1947, yet his remarkable life remains largely absent from public memory.
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
History often remembers the loudest names but quietly forgets those who stood firm in moments of crisis. Among such overlooked figures is Lala Chet Ram Chopra, the last Governor...
After decades of controversy, damaged pitches and lost opportunities, Jammu & Kashmir finally script cricketing history with their maiden Ranji Trophy triumph.
(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...
Kashmir Rechords Exclusive
A piece of tragic history lies buried under picturesque area of Kulgam, Kashmir district’s snow covered Houen Heng (Dog’s Horn) peak, 4200...
(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...
(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...
(Records, Census figures speak everything)
If the records are to be relied upon, there has been a massive decline of Kashmiri Pandits living in Kashmir...
Ramanujacharya and his disciple Kooresha went on foot to Kashmir. Upon receiving them ,the King of Kashmir and his court-scholars were astounded by Ramanuja’s profound knowledge but had expressed their reservations to even permit Ramanujacharya to make a copy of the text.
