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Friday, November 8, 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.

Prison Dairies

Former inmates who served in various jails across Jammu and Kashmir, and the lawyers who visited them, reveal an awful tale of official apathy...

Nostalgic Kashmir

Passionate about the diverse facets of Kashmir’s past, engineer Showkat Rashid Wani and his son have created an impressive repository of thousands of photographs...

Kashmir Floods: A Chronology

Er. Mohammad Ashraf Fazili Kashmiris have faced floods since the very beginning of life in the valley. Over the years, many measures were adopted to...

Tral’s Gufkrals’

On the foothills of Tral is a maze of caves that is an established archaeological site offering details about the early settlements of mankind...
An 1886 photograph of the Mazar-e-Salateen where popular Sultan Zainulabidin is buried.

Historian Mohibbul Hasan: An Introduction

by Muhammad Nadeem Renowned historian Mohibbul Hasan, known for his contributions to Kashmir history and Muslim India, passed away at 91 on April 21, 1999....

1947: Kashmiris In Amritsar

For most of the history especially after Sikhs replaced Afghans in Srinagar, most of the migrants from Kashmir were making Amritsar their home. These...

Walaykum Salam Ladishah Drav

Confined to radio and television studio’s Ladhishah were once the popular street performers, enriching Kashmir with satire and humour. Aliya Bashir reports Asalaam Malaiqum Ladishah...

Surviving Epidemics

Most of the epidemics that Kashmir history has witnessed were imported and they thrived on unhygienic environs, indifferent rulers and a superstitious clergy, reports...
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1947: First Blood

Within 24 hours after Kashmir acceded to India in 1947, the Srinagar airport was not only the epicentre of the first war that India...

Semthan Secrets

Located between the highway and Jhelum is Bijbehara’s Semthan. Home to a cluster of archaeological ruins, it is Kashmir’s only spot where humans’ have...

Wronged Hostages

A recently released book ‘The Meadow’ shines the light on some of the darkest days in Kashmir’s contemporary history. In the impeccable piece of...
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School of Defection

With assembly active and no government in place, various politicians are attempting to get power and are keenly exploring the possible loopholes in state’s...
Sopore aerial view

Sopore of My Childhood

While offering the first-hand account of his birth and upbringing in Sopore, the ninth-century town, scientist and clinician, Dr M Sultan Khuroo details the...

The Fall of Zaina Kadal  

By building a bridge on Zaina Kadal, Budshah created access between the two halves of the city. But this was one of few projects...

Pir Ki Gali: An Introduction

Mughal Road which connects Kashmir with Pir Panchal Valley seems more of a heavenly tourism belt rather than a communication link. Humaira Nabi accompanied...