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Saturday, November 9, 2024

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.

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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...

Kashmir’s Media Associations

With many printing presses and lot many newspapers around, the journalists in Jammu and Kashmir attempted and constituted many associations to articulate the issue...

Summer Slaughter

In one year, it took Tahir Bhat eight visits to police station Vilgam to attempt getting even the basic information about a watershed event....

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...

Writing For The Divided People

Pushed to the sidelines, the history of the erstwhile principality of Poonch has been largely ignored in understanding the Kashmir conflict. While the region...

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...