India Changes the Names of Departments in Kashmir into Hindi names
On 9th July, the colonial Administrative Council which met under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the change of names of…
Four Kashmiri Families Dispossessed of Their Homes Under the UAPA
On 11th July, the Jammu and Kashmir Police, under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, granted sanction for the confiscation of four residential houses and seizure…
India Forms Committees to Coerce Kashmiri Households into Hoisting Indian Flags
On 15th July, the Jammu and Kashmir colonial administration constituted a seven-member committee to enforce the implementation of the “Har Ghar Jhanda” scheme across…
India Constructs Settlements for Hindu Migrant Employees:
On 20th July, the Government of India approved construction of 6,000 accommodations for Hindu migrant employees working in the disputed territory. The accommodations would…
Kashmiri Leader Yasin Malik Goes on Hunger Strike till Death against his Illegal Detention
On July 22nd, pro-freedom Kashmiri leader and chief of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Yasin Malik, who is currently lodged in Tihar Jail after…
Kashmiri Leader Yasin Malik Hospitalized and Put on IV fluids
On 26th July, four days after pro-freedom Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik went on a hunger strike in Tihar jail, the…
Press Repression in Kashmir Continues as India Bars Journalist from Traveling Abroad
On 27th July, Kashmiri journalist, Aakash Hassan was barred from traveling abroad as authorities at airport in New Delhi stamped his boarding pass with…
Educational Institutes in Kashmir Named After the Human Rights Violating Armed Personnel
On 28th July, the Jammu and Kashmir colonial administration issued a list of eighteen educational institutions which were given names after the members of…
Five Kashmiri Families Dispossessed of their Homes under the UAPA
On 29th July, Indian authorities sealed five more residential houses of Kashmiri Muslims under UAPA in Srinagar. The seizure was justified by stating that…
1846
In 1846, after the British East India Company prevailed over the Sikh Empire in the First Anglo-Sikh War, the British sold Kashmir, then ruled…