24th SEPTEMBER 1931 19 PEOPLE KILLED DURING ANTI_HINDU RIOTING IN KASHMIR
The sacrifices that followed July 13, 1931
July 13 will be remembered for not only what happened on that particular day, but for the long chain of struggle and sacrifice that followed, Shahnaz Bashir writes
When Muslims from Punjab began to shape Muslim public opinion in Kashmir under “Kashmir Committee” (the name hijacked by some members of Indian National Congress recently to have a civil intervention in Kashmir in favour of India) shrewd ministers of Maharaja Hari Singh organized the visit of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Tej Bahadur Sapru. They tried to dissuade Muslims of Kashmir about their struggle, campaigned in valley and asked people to cooperate with the Maharaja’s government. This resulted in pacifying some Muslim leaders for some time. And through the intervention of a liberal Muslim politician from British India Meher shah, an agreement was achieved between Muslim leaders of Kashmir and the government. The agreement is known as Temporary truce. When terms of this truce were announced to people in Jama Masjid on August 28, 1931, they were very angry. Ultimately the truce proved a farce as there was nothing for the government to implement and people wanted to end the regime that was the cause of all grievances. Subsequently the revolt began to ripen. The arrests of several Muslim leaders on 21st September 1931, the breaches of Temporary truce and conspiracies like Riots Enquiry Commission, heated Muslim rage into agitation. Complete hartal was observed. People assembled near Jamia Masjid and started protesting peacefully on September 22, 1931 but were manhandled by Maharaja’s authorities. When people objected to their atrocities, the police opened fire and three men achieved martyrdom and several were wounded. Fire was opened on another crowd on the same day, at Maisuma where two more sacrificed their lives and three, including a woman, were injured. The military of Maharaja unleashed a torturous reign on people. Anyone could be arrested on fake document and false charges and convicted and punished brutally. The accused men in these cases were subjected to pubic flogging at Exhibition ground near Amira Kadal. This was barbaric for insult it was. Men were stripped naked, lashed thirty times and then sold. The inhuman crime continued to be committed against the innocent Kashmiris. There, in South Kashmir people synchronized the protest with their counterparts in the rest of the valley. On September 23, 1931 a procession was led from Eidgah, in district Islamabad. The procession marched and passed through Janglaat Mandi to Cheeni Chowk. But when it reached Malak Nag, it was subjected to severe thrashing. People clashed with troops in argument, guns spoke in reaction and about forty people laid down their lives, 27 were injured. Of those, killed and injured, were children of less than ten years of age. On September 24, 1931 a Muslim Fakir was taken for trial at the Munsiff’s court in Shopian for his seditious (but true) slogans against the Dogra government. This created unrest in the town. People took out a procession demanding release of the detained. Fire was opened and several people were wounded. This created further trouble and people beat a police officer to death and pelted the police station. Police fired back from the windows of the station injuring dozens of people. The same day Hari Singh passed an Ordinance (September 24 1931) to check the organized rebellion of Kashmiri masses. The Ordinance was called 19-L. This Ordinance empowered troops to enforce brutal laws. There were several arrests and the important leadership of Muslims was put behind bars. People in Srinagar came on the streets first time in thousands and made their presence felt as a majority. Through this draconian Ordinance the city was handed over to the military control and civil administration was suspended. The Rajput soldiers of Maharaja took full benefit of the Ordinance Raj in coming days. They used it to take revenge of their killed member in Shopian from the people. 19-L gave troops a free hand to go about the town. Soldiers entered the houses, looted them and raped the women. Several cases of rape were reported to Middleton, Enquiry Officer of Riots Enquiry Commission. Shopkeepers were asked to open their shops, and when they did it, they were arrested for investigation. In their absence the shops were plundered. People were forced to salute the military officers in the streets of the town. On 5th of October 1931, during the celebration of his birthday, Hari Singh proclaimed and disappointed Kashmiris. He said, “I believe I am voicing the general feeling when I say that we are deeply grateful to the troops for their devotion to duty and self restraint they have shown in maintaining the public peace and authority of law during last three months.” The same method is chosen by the present day mainstream politicians in Kashmir by calling human rights violations the good deeds of the men in uniform. Good deeds indeed. On July 13, 1931 Maharaja’s government immediately made an attempt to dilute the incident of Central Jail, Srinagar. Unidentified goons were sent to Mahraj Gunj, Nowshehra and Vicharnag, to loot and molest Kashmiri Pandits and Muslims, a little earlier before processions protesting against the firing of Central Jail passed these areas. This was done to show to the world that the event of July1931 was not a struggle for freedom but an outcome of communal trouble. This was all engineered cleverly. The then Prime Minster, Wakefield was manageably dislocated from his office so that no complaint of loot could be registered in his office. The Rajput I G of police excused himself from acting to the matter and later said that he was waiting for the orders from P M O. The loot happened simultaneously at all the places at 2:30 pm and the police officer went to Mahraj Gunj at 4:45 pm, when nothing of the evidences could be had. The police stationed in Mahraj Gunj closed their doors, and when the looters had gone they came out to provoke Hindus to take revenge. On July 14, 1931, to make full use of his constructs, Hari Singh appointed, the already mentioned, Riots Enquiry Commission under Justice Barjor Dalal. The Dalal Committee did not enter Muslim complaints against the loot of July 1931 but only grievances of Hindus were submitted. The report of the Committee was released on the same, 24th day of September 1931. It caused a great shock to Muslims of J&K. On October 31, 1931 a procession was organized by Young Men’s Muslim Association (YMMA) which paraded the streets of Jammu. The Muslims of Jammu carried a copy of the Dalal Committee report on a coffin and was ultimately burnt at a place called Ghazi Camp. Then protests followed for several days and on November 3rd 1931 troops fired on people at Ghazi Camp in which two men died and fifty were seriously injured. Glancy Commission, formed on November 12, 1934 to check the grievances of people, helped Hari Singh, to consolidate his power over the state by exploiting the event, rather tragedy of July 1931 in three ways. One was that he called the acknowledgement of Muslim representatives to legitimize his autocracy by trying and taking the Muslim subjects into confidence. Second was that the equal representations of Pandits and Hindus of Jammu in the commission conformed to the legality of Hindu Dogra rule as secular. Third was that he easily managed to manipulate July 13 martyrdom by distorting the truth of its being a part of political struggle and converting it to show it as an outbreak of economic grievances. Commission reaffirmed the unmade assertion of this diagnosis. In 1933 the abhorable recommendations of Glancy Commission about the distribution of state services created furore amongst the Muslim Conference leaders. Out of 763 gazetted appointments 74 had been given to Pandit minority and only 10 to the quota of Kashmiri Muslim majority. YMMA of Jammu gave an ultimatum to the government to accept the demands of Muslims after a serious clash between the Muslims and the authorities in January 1934. Government reacted with promulgating the regulation of 19-L on January 28, 1934 and exiled seven Muslim leaders. This act spurred the Muslim masses to revolt. Hundreds were arrested and heavy fines were imposed on them. In some other areas private property was auctioned, which further stoked the fire. People were rendered indescribably miserable. Protestors at Bijbehara and Pulwama on 2nd and 6th February 1934 shouted against government. Troops opened fire at both the places. Three people were killed at Bijbehara and ten at Pulwama and dozens were injured. Many Muslims were forced to migrate from Bijbehara to the adjacent areas. The formation of Srinagar Legislative Assembly in April 1934 further expanded the effect of Hari Singh’s policies. Instead of ensuring the participation of the representatives of his subjects, it, as a powerless organization, pitted one group of legislatures against the other. The presence of members was marked by consistent walkouts. Hari Singh facilitated it as a platform for creating feuds among the members. Political conversion of Muslim assemblage into the creation of Legislative Assembly as a symbolic political participation to debate their grievances, was in fact used to dampen the Muslim voice. But both of these astute political reformations couldn’t stop what is the universal fact of a genuine resistance. The situation of post-nineteen Thirty One Kashmir is analogous to that of present. The way Maharaja called Kashmiri political struggle an economic and administrative grievance of Kashmiris is similar to what India is doing at present. This way the democratic character of India is equivalent to the autocracy of Hari Singh. The strength in the struggle is same as that of 1931. But the only disturbing fact is that many of our profound intellectual counterparts are murmuring in iThe landing of Indian army on October 27, 1947 is one of the most debated events of Kashmir’s contemporary history. For the last more than two decades, separatists have been sponsoring a strike as the army is celebrating it as the Infantry Day. Historian Ashiq Hussian pieces together bits of information to offer a completely new version of the larger story that even points fingers at the tribal invasion itself.
solation. The voice will grow stronger and will be pitched high if we unite
17 Lesser Known Facts About Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK)
Called as Azad Kashmir in Pakistan, the PoK (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) has been a bone of contention between the two neighboring countries since 1947. The region is referred by United Nations and other international organizations, as “Pakistani-controlled Kashmir” (or Pakistan Administered Kashmir) and it was re-named as Pakistan-Occupied Jammu-Kashmir by the Modi government. The 13,297 square kilometers region which has an estimated population of about four million has added fuel to the burning enmity between India and Pakistan.
India has never given up its claim on the region, though Pakistan has the administration control over PoK. Through decades all the efforts of resolving the issue has seen failure over and over again. Neither people from Pakistan, India or the world know the true story behind PoK and why the issue cannot be resolved peacefully.Let us have a look at 17 lesser known facts about Pakistan Occupied Kashmir which has kept the fire burning since 1947.
17. Not ruled by the British
Jammu and Kashmir never came under the direct British rule during their colonization of the Indian subcontinent. It remained under the rule of Maharaja Hari Singh.
16. The Kohala Bridge Episode
It is lesser known fact that Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, a Kashmiri Pundit was stopped at the Kohala Bridge in 1946, and refused entry into the state. He and his companions were arrested by Maharaja Hari Singh when they entered the state anyway.
15. Independent State
At the time of Partition, Jammu and Kashmir was given the status of an independent state. It had option of either joining India or Pakistan at its will. MaharajaHari Singh decided to keep Kashmir and independent state.
14. Instrument of Accession
Though India celebrated its independence on August 15, 1947, Maharajah Hari Singh agreed to accede to the Dominion of India only on 26th October 1947. By the time the invasion of Kashmir by the pathan tribesmen supported by Pakistan had gone beyond control.
13. Pathan Tribesmen
Initially the invasion into the independent state of Jammu and Kashmir came from the Pathan Tribesmen, who plundered and looted their way up to Srinagar. Pakistan denied its role in this invasion though the evidence suggested something else.
12. Role of Mountbatten
Maharaja Hari Singh sent a letter to Lord Mountbatten asking for his help when the Pathan’s were at his doorstep. Lord Mountbatten threw in a remark “It is my Government’s wish that as soon as law and order have been restored in Jammu and Kashmir and her soil cleared of the invader the question of the State’s accession should be settled by a reference to the people” which led to the unending dispute between India and Pakistan.
11. Accession Day
Accession Day is a holiday celebrated in Jammu and Kashmir, commemorating 26 October 1947, when Maharaja Hari Singh signed of the Instrument of Accession to India. Festivities on the Indian side of the state include holding rallies, bursting of firecrackers, singing India’s national anthem, and raising the flag of India.
10. Black Day
The Accession Day is considered as a black day by the Kashmiri separatists, who do not approve of the Indian Army’s presence in their land.
9. Dispute regarding the date
To this day, there is ongoing dispute regarding the exact date when Maharaja Hari Singh signed the accession document. Though it is accepted that it was signed on 26thOctober, Prem Shankar Jha, Indian historian says it was signed on 25th October whereas the British researcher, Andrew Whitehead claims the accurate date to be 27th October. Nothing about the Kashmir comes without dispute attached to it.
8. Government
The state claims to have a self-governing legislative assembly though it is known fact that it is under the control of Pakistan. The present president of the state is Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan and Chaudhry Abdul Majid is its current Prime Minister.
7. Ceding Part of PoK to China
While India has been claiming the region to be its territory, Pakistan conveniently signed Sino-Pakistan Agreement and ceded over hundreds of square kilometers of land in Northern Kashmir and Ladakh to China in 1963.
6. Wrong decision by Nehru
Many political researchers consider the move of Nehru government to approach the U.N for settling the matter is what left the dispute unresolved.
5. Political suicide
Neither the Pakistani nor Indian Government dare go soft on the Kashmir dispute, because that would mean a political suicide for the party. Though the territory has no economical value for either country, it has now become the symbol of national identities for both the countries.
4. Warring Zone
Apart from the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971, all the other disputes between India and Pakistan are either directly or indirectly related to the PoK issue.
3. Tank Battle
The five month war (April 1965- September 1965) between India and Pakistan in 1965 witnessed the largest tank battle to place since the World War II. There were thousands of casualties for both the nations, though India had gained upper hand by the time ceasefire was declared with the intervention of USA and USSR. A western official assessing the consequences of this conflict quoted, ‘Now it’s apparent to everybody that India is going to emerge as an Asian power in its own right’ which throws light on the result.
2. Plebiscite
Though U.N had ordered ceasefire between India and Pakistan in 1948, the plebiscite demanded by the U.N. could not move forward because they left many issues unresolved. It only increased the friction between India and Pakistan.
1. Danger of Nuclear War
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