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Many Kashmiri Pandit women were kidnapped, raped and murdered, throughout the time of exodus. [138] [121] The local organisation of Hindus in Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS), after carrying out a survey in 2008 and 2009, estimated 357 Hindus were killed in Kashmir in 1990. [139]
Aug 8, 2023 · The exodus of Kashmiri Pandits and the Kashmir genocide of 1990 are events that have left deep scars on the collective psyche of the region. This article delves into the complex history, the human tragedy, the cultural impact, and the recent film “Kashmir Files” that has reignited the conversation on this sensitive issue.
The Gawkadal massacre was named after the Gawkadal bridge in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, where, on 21 January 1990, the Indian paramilitary troops of the Central Reserve Police Force opened fire on a group of Kashmiri protesters in what has been described by some authors as "the worst massacre in Kashmiri history". [2]
Jan 23, 2020 · The KPSS has placed the number of Kashmiri Pandits killed by militants from 1990 to 2011 at 399, the majority during 1989-90. Some 800 families have remained in the Valley through these three decades.
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Jan 19, 2016 · The cold, dark night of January 19, 1990, had stirred into life the worst nightmares of Kashmiri Pandits living in the valley. Screaming from loud speakers and crowded streets was a message for the Sikhs and Hindus living in Kashmir - Ralive, Tsaliv ya Galive (either convert to Islam, leave the land, or die).
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Nov 30, 2022 · The hotly contested circumstances of their departure between January and March 1990, the numbers, and the issue of their return are an important side to the Kashmir story that has fed into the Hindu-Muslim polarisation in India over the years, in turn fuelling the Hindu-Muslim chasm in the Valley.
Jan 24, 2020 · The KPSS has placed the number of Kashmiri Pandits killed by militants from 1990 to 2011 at 399, the majority during 1989-90. Some 800 families have remained in the Valley through these three decades.
