It is clear that tunics known as kanchuka were worn long-sleeved by men and in both long- and half-sleeved versions by women. It has been a long time since somebody has edited this article and is pending for moderation. Several moved to other cities in India and abroad, where they have done well professionally. He was one of the first persons to help them after which Punjab also followed suit. There is little incentive for us to return to the Valley, says the Pandit teacher, drawing attention to the insecurity, lack of economic development and job prospects in Kashmir. They have announced resettlement packages promising financial support and jobs for those who returned. It was evident that Kashmiri Muslims wanted us to leave the Valley, Ashok Dhar, who left Baramulla for Jammu on February 2, 1990, told The Diplomat. One of the deadliest attacks on Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley took place in 2003, more than a decade after the peak of the exodus. Report, Trans-Pacific The deadly attack on security forces in Indian Kashmir has Kashmiris in the rest of India afraid for their safety. But within two years, the Centre broke up the NC, and installed dissident Ghulam Mohammed Shah as Chief Minister. Sheikh Abdullah had died in 1982, and the leadership of the National Conference passed on to his son Farooq Abdullah, who won the 1983 election. Waves of panic hit the community, especially after a local newspaper published an anonymous message, allegedly from the Hizb-ul Mujahideen, asking Pandits to leave. According to P.K.Verma, "Education was a common thread that bound together this pan Indian elite" and almost all the members of these communities could read and write English and were educated beyond school. An estimated 100,000 Kashmiri Pandits have reportedly fled the Valley. The Hizbul Mujahideen put up posters ordering all Hindus to leave the Valley and lists with names of Pandits to be eliminated were circulated, Dhar recalled. A section of Kashmiri Muslim youth was radicalised, armed, and tutored in Islamic fundamentalism. [43][44], The exiled community had hoped to return after the situation improved. Because the truth is worth it.). Get briefed on the story of the week, and developing stories to watch across the Asia-Pacific. Rubaiya was the daughter of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, then the Home minister of India in the Janata Dal government led by V. P. Singh. They wanted sharia rule in Kashmir, Dhar said, adding that the Pandits had no choice but to leave their homes. Much has changed in Jammu and Kashmir. Governor Jagmohan is criticised for not guaranteeing the safety of Kashmiri Pandits fleeing the Valley and for not stopping them with assurance of security. Exodus came with a night-long hysteria. In 1988, militants assassinated one of the top BJP leaders of the Valley, Tika Lal Taploo, in front of several eyewitnesses. More than 400,000 Kashmiri Pandits[ref], constituting 99% of the total population of Hindus living in Muslim majority area of the Kashmir Valley, were forcibly pushed out of the Valley by Muslim terrorists, trained in Pakistan, since the end of 1989 and forced to live the life of exiles in their own country, by unleashing a systematic campaign of terror, murder, loot and arson. As per the estimates, 650 Pandits were killed during this time. Speaking truth to power requires allies like you. Kashmiri Hindus find themselves reliving the fear of the early 1990s amid a wave of targeted killings, but the government is keen to prevent another exodus. [49][50][51], The Jammu And Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection And Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997, provides that "Any person who is an unauthorised occupant or recipient of any usufruct of any immovable property of the migrant shall pay to the migrant such compensation for the period of unauthorised occupation and in such a manner as may be determined by the District Magistrate. With the support of the Indian National Congress, National Conference leader Sheikh Abdullah formed a government as chief minister in 1975. By 2011, only an estimated 2,700-3,400 Pandits remained in the Kashmir Valley. [56], Following the 1989 insurgency, a great majority of Pandits felt threatened and left the Kashmir Valley for other parts of India. Kashmiri Pandits maintain that they were driven out of the Valley by the Muslims. She writes on South Asian political and security issues. The Kashmiri Pandit community decided to leave. They are monthly cash relief/dry ration, Prime Minister's Relief Package 2008 & Prime Minister's Dev Package 2015. The debate over the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits has been reignited after the release of 'Kashmir Files'. Gul Shah formed the government with support from the Congress at the state-level as well as the central. [ref][ref][ref] Events were also held at Jagti and Muthi migrant camps. The truth, many commentators have concluded, may have been somewhere in the middle. In his address to celebrate the 104th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement, Yoon Suk-yeol said Japan has transformed into a partner sharing common values. What is the truth of the 1990s Kashmiri Pandit migration? A migrant Pandit, named K.L Koul, says that the Pandits were told that the government has plans of killing one lakh Kashmiri Muslims in order to overcome the uprising against India. Congress was in opposition during Kashmir Pandit exodus: Madhya Pradesh ex-CM Digvijaya Singh Waiting for the triple product launch & spec reveal by OnePlus on 28th April? I've heard cases. Black Day: January 19 is observed as the Holocaust day by the Kashmiri Pandit community. The Kashmiri Muslims were instructed to identify Pandit homes so they could be systematically targeted for conversion or killing. 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The Hindu caste system of the Kashmir region was influenced by the influx of Buddhism from the time of Asoka, around the third century BCE, and a consequence of this was that the traditional lines of varna were blurred, with the exception of that for the Brahmins. But local politicians said the situation was far from normal, and At best, the younger generation of Pandits look to Kashmir as a holiday destination. But as the situation in Kashmir spiralled into a full-blown militancy, return began to look remote if not impossible. As many as 36,289 (till December 30, 2003) lives have been lost. Kashmiri journalist Gowhar Geelani notes in his work, Insulting Facts With Fiction to Suit One's Narrative, that on the request of some Kashmiri Muslims, senior Indian administrator Wajahat Habibullah, posted in Anantnag in 1990 as Special Commissioner, had appealed to Jagmohan to dissuade the Pandits from leaving the Valley. [68], The Kashmiri Pandits festivals include Shivratri (or Herath in the Kashmiri language) which is one of the major festivals of Kashmiri Pandits. It has waxed and waned over the years, as has public support for it. The Kashmiri Hindu view is that this is a disingenuous interpretation. With the Indian government revoking Article 370 of the constitution in August 2019, Jammu and Kashmir has been deprived of its special status of limited autonomy. Consequently, riots broke out in Jammu and Kashmir. An Indian paramilitary soldier takes a selfie as Kashmiri Hindu devotees known as pandits offer prayers during the annual festival at the Kheer Bhawani temple in Tul Mul, outskirts of Srinagar, India, June 20, 2018. The debate surrounding the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits has been reignited following the release of a film on it -- 'The Kashmir Files'. While India would like the current phase of stability at the LoC to continue, it has little incentive to try to make a grand gesture toward peace with Pakistan. In many cases, their properties were either immediately vandalised or sold quickly by the owners to Kashmiri Muslims. Habibullah wrote he also appealed to Jagmohan that he telecast an appeal to Pandits that they stay in Kashmir, assuring their safety on the basis of the assurance of the Anantnag residents. You are not allowed to edit this article at this level. The Pakistani military and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) are said to have provided weapons, training, and logistical support to the JKLF. The two events the flight of the Pandits and the Gawkadal massacre took place within 48 hours, but for years, neither community could accept the pain of the other, and in some ways, still cannot, as each continues to talk past the other. [59], Scholar Christopher Snedden states that the Pandits made up about 6 per cent of the Kashmir Valley's population in 1947. The security situation along the India-Pakistan border remains of great concern. "Terrorists and jihadis began committing atrocities on all Pandits and Sikhs," he said, adding "The V P Singh government was then running with the support of the BJP.". (At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. 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"There has been continuing lack of engagement by the government of India with the community. Neel Kanth Ganjoo, a retired judge who had sentenced Maqbool Bhat to death, was shot dead outside the J&K High Court in Srinagar on November 4. They have not done so because the situation in the Valley remains unstable and they fear a risk to their lives. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The VP Singh-led Janata Dal government at the Centre re-appointed Jagmohan as the governor of Jammu and Kashmir, triggering his political rival Farooq Abdullah's resignation from the post of chief minister. At the time of the carnage, People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Sayeed was the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, while an Atal Bihar Vajpayee-led BJP government was at the Centre. The exodus of people from Kashmir Valley began only after then Jammu and Kashmir governor Jagmohan asked them, especially Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs, to leave, saying he would not be able to protect them, Chowdhury said in Lok Sabha while raising the issue during Zero Hour. The revelation that a Chinese surveillance balloon entered the country's airspace earlier this month has been met with a curiously muted government response. The lead up to the Kashmiri Hindu exodus In 1989, the then J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah had ordered the release of around 70 terrorists between July At events in cities in India and abroad to mark their exodus, Pandits pledged to return home. On January 19, Kashmiri Pandits across the world observed Holocaust Day. It was on that day 30 years ago that the Pandit exodus from the Kashmir Valley began. Major media outlets have that the kidnapping was a fake one as the kidnapping took place just after 5 days Sayeed took the office. 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