For many Muslims, the message from this Martyrs’ Day is that it doesn’t matter who the community votes for, Kashmir’s identity and history will be decided by Hindu nationalist power, not their democratic choices.
PM Modi, President Murmu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, CDS Anil Chauhan, Chief of Army Staff Gen Upendra Dwivedi, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh & Admiral Dinesh Tripathi in attendance.
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From senior government officials to politicians, people gathered at Raj Ghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 72nd death anniversary, which also marks Martyrs Day.
National Conference founder Sheikh Abdullah's birthday is on 5 December and Martyrs’ Day — when 22 Kashmiri Muslims were killed while protesting against Dogra regime — is on 13 July.
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I enjoy Praveen Swami’s writings. However in this case – he has cherry picked bits of history to build up a pre-concieved narrative.
First – The 1931 loss of lives, was neither the first nor the the last of the violent suppression/s of public opinion in the region’s long history…excessive use of force is bad and condemnable. However – mourning it as a martyr’s day post-1948 and keeping this emotional hurt in perpetual memory is bad politics.
Second – Since this event highlights, actions by Dogra rule; implicitly it pits Jammu region vs Kashmir region; This is bad for National security of India.
Third – If the intention is to pay homage to freedom struggles in J&K – then there would be alot of other events – which should be taking precedence – Viz, Liberation of Rajouri, Link up of Poonch, Martyrdom of Mirpur, Kotli, Skardu, garrisons etc etc.
Political Islam is very bad for India. It brings out right wing reactions from other communities. And leads to a chain reaction. India needs peace and progress. This kind of political stunts by Abdullah family are only to keep themselves relevant.
Food for thought?
I enjoy Praveen Swami’s writings. However in this case – he has cherry picked bits of history to build up a pre-concieved narrative.
First – The 1931 loss of lives, was neither the first nor the the last of the violent suppression/s of public opinion in the region’s long history…excessive use of force is bad and condemnable. However – mourning it as a martyr’s day post-1948 and keeping this emotional hurt in perpetual memory is bad politics.
Second – Since this event highlights, actions by Dogra rule; implicitly it pits Jammu region vs Kashmir region; This is bad for National security of India.
Third – If the intention is to pay homage to freedom struggles in J&K – then there would be alot of other events – which should be taking precedence – Viz, Liberation of Rajouri, Link up of Poonch, Martyrdom of Mirpur, Kotli, Skardu, garrisons etc etc.
Political Islam is very bad for India. It brings out right wing reactions from other communities. And leads to a chain reaction. India needs peace and progress. This kind of political stunts by Abdullah family are only to keep themselves relevant.
Food for thought?