History of the Kashmiri Pandits starts with the history of Kashmir valley which is more than 11000 years old. Thus the Pandits are responsible for society, culture, civilization, customs, traditions, myths and realities of Kashmir. It is said that Kashmir was once filled with the river called Satisar or Saraswati river.

Thus, the Kashmir region in its contemporary form dates from 1846, when, by the treaties of Lahore and Amritsar at the conclusion of the First Sikh War, Raja Gulab Singh, the Dogra ruler of Jammu, was created maharaja (ruling prince) of an extensive but somewhat ill-defined Himalayan kingdom “to the eastward of the River Indus and westward of the River Ravi.”

History of Kashmir under six subheadings. 1. Kashmir in Historical Perspective 2. Demographic Position 3. Ruling Echelon 4. Political Awareness 5. Kashmiri Fight for Freedom 6. Factual Causes of Kashmir Problem Kashmir in Historical Perspective Geologists of the region are of the view that the territory known as

Short history of Kashmir dispute. 1947: August 14/15. British India is partitioned into India and Pakistan as part of the independence process. Majority Muslim areas in the West (now all of Pakistan) and East (the place now called Bangladesh) form Pakistan. The British also allow the nominal rulers of several hundred “princely states,” who ...

05/08/2019 · A TIMES NOW Exclusive, this documentary series gives an insight into the conflict-ridden region, showcasing facts as they are. The purely observational piece...

02/03/2019 · Email. Since 1947, India and Pakistan have been locked in conflict over Kashmir, a majority-Muslim region in the northernmost part of India. The mountainous, 86,000-square-mile territory was once...