Twentieth Century Kashmir
In his fourth books, Khalid Bashir Ahmad accesses rare documents to rediscover many people between Allama Iqbal…
Browsing: 1947
Famous Faiz Poem Bol Ki Lab Azad Hein Teray Was For Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
by Masood Hussain SRINAGAR: In a startling revelation, a Pakistani newspaper on Wednesday reported that…
Those Dark Days
Barely married he was and the partition took place. After surviving the massacres at his…
Before Pathan Raids
A series of developments took place before and after the crucial three days between October…
Mixed Memories
Perhaps the oldest surviving pensioner, Abdul Rashid Khan studied forestry in the UK when Hari…
“Mehbooba Mufti’s firmness in dealing with this barbaric murder was a consolation”
Shuja Zaffar is a retired banker who was elected as Chairman of the Jammu Muslim…
Taking Quran to Dogras’
Amid tensions across J&K, there is one great development: the Quran is finally having a…
A Handwara journalist gave Pakistan its name, research establishes
by Tahir Bhat SRINAGAR: A Pakistani historian and poet has conclusively established that it was…
Nehru’s First Speech On Kashmir
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, last week, commented that had Sardar Patel been in the driving…
Managing 1947 Mayhem
After the erstwhile J&K state was sliced into two halves amid massive demographic upheavals, the…
Did Sheikh Abdullah go to office in a car seized from Air Marshall Asgar Khan’s father?
by Masood Hussain SRINAGAR: The death of Air Marshal Asgar Khan has triggered a chain…
Jammu massacre anniversary, Mirwaiz pays tributes
SRINAGAR: Paying rich tributes to the lakhs of people who were massacred in Jammu on…
Rare Survivor
Barely eight and he lost his family in 1947 riots with Hari Singh in town.…
My Jammu Memories
People who survived 1947 and migrated have not forgotten their motherland. Sorayya Khurshid, who was…
A Statesman
In 1947, Kashmir was literally independent for many fortnights. After rumours about the major princely…
