In this exclusive interview, he recalls the events as they truly unfolded and not how they have been over dramatised and presented in the film The Kashmir Files which, he fears, aims However, 30 years after they were forced to flee their homes, the safe and dignified return of Pandits to the Kashmir Valley remains a distant dream. He respected the learning of these Pandits, to whom he gave land as well as encouraging those who had left to return. They have announced resettlement packages promising financial support and jobs for those who returned. for Us, opposition to such Pandit-only settlements. Pandits have generally been in favor of Kashmirs closer integration with India. The mass exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits began. What do we know about him? At events in cities in India and abroad to mark their exodus, Pandits pledged to return home. A lot has changed since then but the more things change the more they remain the same. An eye-witness report by two investigative journalists on the ground in Prato, Italy. The 19th of January, 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from the valley. The flight continued until 2000. [36][37], Some Hindus across India tried to help the Pandits. The government of India has identified three major schemes taken up by it for the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits. Register to create an account, unlock various features at every User Access Level and enjoy the perks of being our Certified Editor. Besides being the right thing to do, apologies bring diplomatic and political gains in a region haunted by colonial and imperial atrocities. An important issue of concern is security. What happened in January 1990 is bitterly contested. Happy Editing! With tensions peaking, hundreds of Pandit families began their journey out of the Valley. Those who had means rebuilt their lives elsewhere in the country Delhi, Pune, Mumbai and Ahmedabad have Pandit populations, also Jaipur and Lucknow or went abroad. Brahmins were at that time generally being offered grants of land in other areas by rulers seeking to utilise the traditionally high literacy and general education of the community, as well as the legitimacy conferred upon them by association. One of the deadliest attacks on Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley took place in 2003, more than a decade after the peak of the exodus. In 1986, as opposition to the Shah government grew, Rajiv Gandhi resurrected Farooq Abdullah, who became CM once again. The lead up to the Kashmiri Hindu exodus In 1989, the then J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah had ordered the release of around 70 terrorists between July Politician Mirwaiz Farooq of the All Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee was shot dead by a militant of the Hizbul Mujahideen in 1990. As the BJP continues to promise that Kashmiri Pandits will return, and #HumWapasJayenge trends on social media, Kashmiri Muslims also see the return of Pandits as essential, but reject the idea of their settlement in secured camps as a replication of Israel-like Jewish settlements in the West Bank. On January 20, the first stream began leaving the Valley with hastily packed belongings in whatever transport they could find. The day marks the beginning of the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits on a mass scale that ultimately culminated in the complete exodus of the aboriginal indigenous people that represented a civilisation that was more than 5,000 years old. [38][39][40], In 2009 the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed a resolution to recognise 14 September 2007, as Martyrs Day to acknowledge ethnic cleansing and campaigns of terror inflicted on non-Muslim minorities of Jammu and Kashmir by terrorists seeking to establish an Islamic state. Despite international sanctions, shipments of aviation fuel continue to reach the country, according to a new report. Sun worship is believed to have been brought into Kashmir by Kushan kings from Iran. Sheikh Abdullah had died in 1982, and the leadership of the National Conference passed on to his son Farooq Abdullah, who won the 1983 election. WebThe Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus, or Pandits, is their early-1990 migration, or flight, from the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley in Indian-administered Kashmir following rising violence in an insurgency.Of a total Pandit population of 120,000140,000 some 90,000100,000 left the valley or felt compelled to leave, and about 30 were killed. [61] Scholar Alexander Evans estimates by 1990, there would have been 160,000170,000 Pandits in the Kashmir Valley. Most of the Kashmiris fled during late hours, under the cover of the night. Speaking at the programme 'Global Kashmiri Pandit Conclave: WebPersian began to be used as the court language in Kashmir during the 14th centuries, under the influence of Islam. He asked Kashmiri Muslims to make Pandits feel more secure. [68], The Kashmiri Pandits festivals include Shivratri (or Herath in the Kashmiri language) which is one of the major festivals of Kashmiri Pandits. Kashmiri Muslims disagree. It appears to have archaic features that suggest it is the oldest form of Kashmiri folk singing. The Kashmiri Muslims were instructed to identify Pandit homes so they could be systematically targeted for conversion or killing. While they were left unharmed for the most part, terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba massacred Pandits at Sangrampora (1997), Wandhama (1998), and Nandimarg (2003). As many as 75,343 Kashmiri Pandits are estimated to have fled in January 1990, with about 70,000 more following till March, as per the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti. Manish Sisodia Delhi excise policy case: how the right against self-incri What was the UN event representatives of Nithyanandas Kailasa attended? [28], They began to leave in much greater numbers in the 1990s during the eruption of militancy, following persecution and threats by radical Islamists and militants. The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins)[7] are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. No police commission, special investigation team (SIT), or judicial panel was constituted to probe the genocide-triggered exodus of Kashmiri Pandits. Speaking at the programme 'Global Kashmiri Pandit Conclave: The VP Singh-led Janata Dal government at the Centre re-appointed Jagmohan as the governor of Jammu and Kashmir, triggering his political rival Farooq Abdullah's resignation from the post of chief minister. (At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. The kidnappers demanded the release of five of their members in exchange for Rubaiya's release. She writes on South Asian political and security issues. The most prominent among these are the All India Kashmiri Samaj or AIKS, All India Kashmiri Pandit conference, Panun Kashmir & Kashmiri Samiti. Lalitaditya's predecessor, Ranaditya, is said to have built the first sun temple. 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. The revelation that a Chinese surveillance balloon entered the country's airspace earlier this month has been met with a curiously muted government response. Consequently, riots broke out in Jammu and Kashmir. As many as 36,289 (till December 30, 2003) lives have been lost. The Hindu caste system of the Kashmir region was influenced by the influx of Buddhism from the time of Asoka, around the third century BCE, and a consequence of this was that the traditional lines of varna were blurred, with the exception of that for the Brahmins. Singh to appoint Jagmohan as the governor of the state. 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Pandits were given a choice: convert to Islam, leave the Valley, or perish. An agreement, popularly known as the 1975 Indira-Sheikh Accord, was signed between Kashmiri politician Sheikh Abdullah and then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi. The Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) stepped up its activities, and the hanging of the militant leader Maqbool Bhat in 1984 added to the sense of foreboding. [22], Butshikan's heir, the devout Muslim Zain-ul-Abidin (142374), was tolerant of Hindus to the extent of sanctioning a return to Hinduism of those who had been forcibly converted to the Muslim faith, as well as becoming involved in the restoration of temples. Speaking truth to power requires allies like you. Subscribe To Our Daily Newsletter And Get News Delivered Straight To Your Inbox. Several Hindu temples and houses were targeted in the city. With the Indian government revoking Article 370 of the constitution in August 2019, Jammu and Kashmir has been deprived of its special status of limited autonomy. In 2011 as per government estimates, about 2,700 to 3,400 Pandits were in the Valley. There is little incentive for us to return to the Valley, says the Pandit teacher, drawing attention to the insecurity, lack of economic development and job prospects in Kashmir. The LG administration and the central government are primarily concerned with addressing security problems. (Or if they're ordered by the regime to create intentional tension/chaos. A BJP-supported Janata Dal government was at the Centre at the time of the exodus in 1990. .. Advertisement .. 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What is the reason Ifound..One is no unity of hindu socity..still and yesterday also.. Asia, Southeast The fleeing Pandits did not think they would never return to the Valley. What It Said, S Jaishankar's "Firm" Reply To UK Minister Who Raised BBC Tax Row: Sources, Tunisha Sharma Case: In-Camera Hearing Allowed On Sheezan Khan's Bail Plea, Protests Break Out Over Alleged Army Custodial Death In Jammu And Kashmir, 'Fear UP Cops Will Kill Me': Gangster-Politician Goes To Supreme Court, Cabinet Okays Signing Of Contract With L&T For 3 Cadet Training Ships, Traffic Hit In Delhi Ahead Of G20 Foreign Ministers Meet, Rahul Gandhi Talks About The "Art Of Listening" At Cambridge University, This website follows the DNPA Code of Ethics. Here's a look at the actual timeline of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus, and how The Kashmir Files departs from history at certain points. On January 19, Kashmiri Pandits across the world observed Holocaust Day. It was on that day 30 years ago that the Pandit exodus from the Kashmir Valley began. [33] The nature of the planned exodus has remain controversial, with the involvement of then Governor Jagmohan in organising a clandestine exodus been a subject of controversy. Twenty of Pakistans poorest districts have been chosen for implementation of the Ministry of Plannings development plan for 2022-2027. Even today Besides, a Pandit ghetto is sure to be targeted by Islamist radicals, she told The Diplomat. On May 12, a gunman walked into a government office in central Kashmirs Chadoora town. The Kashmiri Pandit community decided to leave. [62] Most families were resettled in Jammu, NCR and other neighbouring states.[63]. The KPSS has placed the number of Kashmiri Pandits killed by militants from 1990 to 2011 at 399, the majority during You are not allowed to edit this article at this level. But that life of tranquility which they remember so fondly doesnt exist anymore in Kashmir. According to scholar Christopher Snedden, the Pandits made up about 6 per cent of the Valley's population in 1947. [55], According to the 1941 census, there were 78,800 Kashmiri Pandits in the Kashmir Valley. They wanted sharia rule in Kashmir, Dhar said, adding that the Pandits had no choice but to leave their homes. [18], Zulju, who was probably a Mongol from Turkistan,[19] wreaked devastation in 1320, when he commanded a force that conquered many regions of the Kashmir Valley. [35] The government has reported on the terrorist threats to Pandits still living in the Kashmir region. Further, in the same year, the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress government at the Centre unlocked the gates of the disputed Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi temple for Hindu worship. A large number settled in the Jammu Division of the State and the National Capital Region of India. Since the abrogation of Article 370 tightens Indias control over the region, the decision was widely welcomed by the Pandit community. 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The Pandits have rejected rehabilitation proposals to Valley several times, indicating that they were not willing to become cannon-fodder for politicians who cannot guarantee their security. Many followers of the traditional religions who did not convert to Islam instead migrated to other parts of India. Kashmiri Pandits observe Holocaust Day to mark 30 years of mass exodus from Valley. A number of such errors mar Agnihotri's film, which has been called out for its communal bias. [53], Panun Kashmir has made demands for a separate homeland for the community in the southern part of Kashmir. Anti-India sentiment has undergone changes not just in its intensity but the way it is articulated. 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