Category: Kashmir

In the 1940s, every year there used to be a quarrel between Hindus and Muslims on Janam Ashtami [Hindu festival] and Miladun Nabi [Muslim festival] but the matter used to be clear within a week or so. The mischief was often started by the Sevak Sang …

Jammu Tawi was a beautiful and clean town on slant of mountain. Rains were usual and after rain roads and streets used to glitter. Town of Jammu had a specialty. It had flowing waters on its three and a half sides…

My great-grandfather, after getting fed up with high handedness of the British rulers of India, took refuge in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (here-after called state) from Qila Sobha Singh, District Sialkot [in the Punjab province of Pakistan and very close to Jammu …

So the long promised series is here. My Dad sent me his writeup about a month ago. But I have been too lazy and too busy to do much with it. He wrote it in Microsoft Word. I am going to break it up into reasonable sized chunks and post them over the next few… Continue reading My Dad in Jammu and Kashmir

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Current census figures for religious affiliation in Kashmir according to the BBC are: …

Click on the map to see a larger version. Map courtesy of Perry-Castañeda Library, University of Texas. The red line shows the traditional boundary claimed by the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. The green area is controlled by Pakistan, the orange by India and the rest (in the northeast) by China. Here is… Continue reading Kashmir: Geography