1865
Kashmiri shawl weavers rose against the backbreaking conditions and taxations Dogra subjected them to. The regime brutally crushed the uprising and in the three…
1931
On July 13, during the trial of Abdul Qadeer, who was accused of encouraging Kashmiris to rise up against the tyranny of the Dogra,…
1932
Prominent Kashmiri Muslim leaders established the All Jammu Kashmir Muslim Conference, aiming at empowerment, education, and representation of Kashmiri Muslims in the government. The…
1947
With the end of British colonial rule in South Asia in 1947, and the creation of the modern Indian state and Pakistan in its…
1948
India took the case of Kashmir to the United Nations. Kashmir was officially recognized as a disputed territory. The United Nations Security Council passed…
1950
India reneged on its promise of the plebiscite. The Indian Constitution came into being and Article 1 declared the entire state of J&K as…
1951
Elections were organized in the disputed territory by India. The UNSC passed a resolution (UNSC Resolution 91) stating that elections would not be a…
1956
The J&K Constituent Assembly, which was controlled by India and used to give a democratic cover to its military-occupation, adopted a new constitution, declared…
1957
The UN passed another resolution (UNSC Resolution 122) asserting that only the “will of the people expressed through the democratic method of a free…
1988
As India’s repression in Kashmir grew and all forms of pro-freedom voices were choked, organized armed resistance against Indian occupation took shape. Under international…