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History

This section offers detailed reportage and the analysis of key historical developments of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. It includes the economy, the politics, health and the trends in society in historical context and profiles the characters who dominated these developments. This section is usually featuring experts in the field of history.

Missionaries and a Pandit

Christian missionaries have remained actively involved on Kashmir’s health and education fronts. But in all regimes, they were accused of using their influence for...

When Begum Deserted Sheikh

Official historic narrative suggests the conversion of the Muslim Conference into the National Conference was smooth. But revisiting the key characters of the change...

A Manmohan Decade

The soft-spoken economist Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh led Congress to a rout in 2014 summer. Tasavur Mushtaq revisits his Kashmir doctrine that dominated...

Vajpayee’s Kashmir

Bed-ridden Atal Bihari Vajpayee might be oblivious to the fact that, in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls, NC and PDP made more references to...

My Friend Modi

Last week when Modi was sworn in as India’s PM, a small village in Budgam district jogged their memories to remember the man who...

Dialogue Details

Atal Behari Vajpayee’s government is credited by everybody for the talks he initiated with Kashmir’s moderate Hurriyat Conference. Barring a courtesy call on Vajpayee,...

Modi’s K-Connection

As Modi is elevated to the highest seat of power in India, Kashmir is keeping its fingers crossed. Safwat Zargar revisits history to trace...

Black April

Contemporary history lacks a clear analysis of the events that unfolded in Kashmir following ZA Bhutto’s execution. More than 35 years after Suhail A...

Kashmir In Lok Sabha

As J&K is bracing to elect its six new representatives to India’s Parliament, R S Gull offers a brief sketch of the earlier exercises,...

Partap Singh’s British Rule

Partap Singh occupied Kashmir throne for 40 years. But historian Ashiq Hussain Bhatsays the actual ruler was the British Resident who had limited despot’s...

Naya Kashmir Debate

With elections round the corner, Naya Kashmir, the erstwhile political bible of the ruling National Conference (NC) will find increasing references in state’s political...

Rare Kashmir Cars

In an ongoing Salon Retromobile exhibition in Paris, two of the 15 Rolls Royce Cars once belonged to the erstwhile Kashmir autocrat Hari Singh....

24 years of remembrance

As chief minister Omar Abdullah tweeted the Gaw Kadal Massacre as ‘dark day’ in recent history of Kashmir, the valley silently observed 24th anniversary...

Facing Fire

From 17 fire incidents in 1955 to 5000 incidents a year now, fire fighters remained on their toes as properties worth corers were consumed...

A Forgotten Plebiscite?

Once upon a time UN passed a resolution seeking plebiscite in Kashmir. It was response to the complaint that Pandit Nehru took to the...