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Such one sided wrte up doesn’t please anybody. The professor is right to some extent when people who liked Sheik, hated him as well. But the point is distorting history by new color will not help. The article never mentioned Raja Hari Singh and the type accession happened in the winter of 1947, when Pakistan supported insurgents were almost at the doors of Srinagar for take over. What was the aim of those insurgents, amply verifiable with genocide minorities in POK Also the very basic thoughts explained by historian Ramachandra Guha on Sheikh Abdulla, as stated Mahatma Gandhi’s thoughts, never supported on the ground reality of exodus of Kashmiri Pandits and others from valley.
Either Mahatma Gandhi was fooled by some on ground situation, or historian distorted the facts or Sheik Abdullah had different intention. Kashmiris need to be supported, they need to be respected and their freedom should not be curtailed. But nothing can stand against the overall interest of the country.
Such one sided wrte up doesn’t please anybody. The professor is right to some extent when people who liked Sheik, hated him as well. But the point is distorting history by new color will not help. The article never mentioned Raja Hari Singh and the type accession happened in the winter of 1947, when Pakistan supported insurgents were almost at the doors of Srinagar for take over. What was the aim of those insurgents, amply verifiable with genocide minorities in POK Also the very basic thoughts explained by historian Ramachandra Guha on Sheikh Abdulla, as stated Mahatma Gandhi’s thoughts, never supported on the ground reality of exodus of Kashmiri Pandits and others from valley.
Either Mahatma Gandhi was fooled by some on ground situation, or historian distorted the facts or Sheik Abdullah had different intention. Kashmiris need to be supported, they need to be respected and their freedom should not be curtailed. But nothing can stand against the overall interest of the country.
The sentiments expressed in the interview of 14 April, 1949 are a measure of Sheikh Abdullah’s greatness.