Kashmiri Pandits
The Kashmiri Pandits are a Brahmin community of Kashmir Valley, Jammu & Kashmir. History of struggle of Kashmiri Pandit began from Mughal Era. Mughal rulers were followed by Afgans. It was the beginning of conversion of religious from Hindu to Islam. Terrorism in Kashmir valley started with the ethnic cleansing and genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in 1989-1990.It is a tragic event of the history of post–independence India. Kashmiri Pandits had not experienced a catastrophe of this magnitude in the past. The tragedy is poignant because it happened in a secular and democratic India.
The Jammu and Kashmir government report says that 219 Kashmiri Pandits were killed by militants since 1989 while 24,202 families were among the total 38,119 families which migrated out of the Valley due to turmoil. Whereas Jammu and Kashmir Police report says that 209 Kashmiri Pandits were killed by militants since 1989.
Terrorism in Kashmir valley started with the ethnic cleansing and genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in 1989-1990. Ethnic cleansing refers to an attempt to create ethnically homogeneous geographic areas through the expulsion or forcible displacement of persons belonging to particular ethnic groups. The so-called freedom movement (Azaadi) in Kashmir was joined by many local Kashmiri Muslims (and not all). They opted for guns for the so-called Azaadi which never was attained. The main purpose of terrorism in Kashmir was to create a valley homogenous in its religious (read Islamic) character. The minority Kashmiri Pandits were forced to leave the valley to create such homogeneity. If the majority community of the valley had not supported the insurgency, there probably wouldn’t have been any exodus of the minority community.
Wandhama Massacre (1998): 23 Kashmiri Pandits in Wandhama area of Ganderbal district of Jammu & Kashmir state on January 25, 1998 were killed by by unidentified gunmen.
The killings of Kashmiri Pandits include the massacres at Sangrampora seven were killed during the night of March 21-22, 1997 at Sangrampora village in Budgam.
The Jammu and Kashmir government report says that 219 Kashmiri Pandits were killed by militants since 1989 while 24,202 families were among the total 38,119 families which migrated out of the Valley due to turmoil. Whereas Jammu and Kashmir Police report says that 209 Kashmiri Pandits were killed by militants since 1989.
Terrorism in Kashmir valley started with the ethnic cleansing and genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in 1989-1990. Ethnic cleansing refers to an attempt to create ethnically homogeneous geographic areas through the expulsion or forcible displacement of persons belonging to particular ethnic groups. The so-called freedom movement (Azaadi) in Kashmir was joined by many local Kashmiri Muslims (and not all). They opted for guns for the so-called Azaadi which never was attained. The main purpose of terrorism in Kashmir was to create a valley homogenous in its religious (read Islamic) character. The minority Kashmiri Pandits were forced to leave the valley to create such homogeneity. If the majority community of the valley had not supported the insurgency, there probably wouldn’t have been any exodus of the minority community.
Wandhama Massacre (1998): 23 Kashmiri Pandits in Wandhama area of Ganderbal district of Jammu & Kashmir state on January 25, 1998 were killed by by unidentified gunmen.
The killings of Kashmiri Pandits include the massacres at Sangrampora seven were killed during the night of March 21-22, 1997 at Sangrampora village in Budgam.