kashmiri hindus : the ignored and insulted refugees of SECULAR India !!!

As the tension grows in Kashmir, and when it seems that we are losing Kashmir from our hands, with sickular media always sympathizing with the so called ‘innocent stone pelters’ on one side , and also the fundamentalist seperatists who want to seperate Indias head, because its muslim majority region now on the other side, I decided to read and write about the most ignored and insulted refugees of the world who once lived in this beautiful heaven of bharat, but were forced to leave their homes because they did not want to change their religion, their culture and traditions, the following is the history of unfortunate hindu brothers, I request you all to read this,

I myself was not so much aware about this hindus,but after reading this from Wikipedia I got alarmed how successfully a hindu majority state was islamised , so what if they are successful in islamisation of india, where will the hindus go ? The fall of kashmiri hindus resulted in the fall of Kashmir into this state, and the fall of Hindus will result into fall of hindusthan, so hindus !!! its your responsibility now not to let our motherland fall.. Unless hindus rise and realize the threat rising all around us, I am sorry to say that it will be too late to protest and rethink when we face the reality of Islamic fundamentalism. So all hindus , muslims and Christians please do understand that you all were hindus once who were forced to switch into a foreign religion, please act accordingly for the cause of our own motherland..There are many examples how conversions will lead to partition of this countries. The Pakistan earlier was a hindu state and part of akhanda bharat, the islamisation of sindh area led to separation from Indian state. Nagaland,misoram and north eastern states etc where the Christian conversion is on the rise, are demanding separate country,kerala is now a terror factory of india… the situation is not so good…

Those who bark about Godhra riots, should also read this and raise the same voice for kashmiri pandit cause, please do not be a hypocrite, if you can not realise anything from kashmiri pandit fate, next as our Dear communist secular CM of kerala said, the minority will become majority and we will be living a refugees life in our own country : so hindus pls rise, awake and work for own Motherland,Bharat..

Following is a history about kashmiri brahmins, which i read in wikipedia, thought you also should read it to know how hindus are/were targetted and forced to leave thier homeland by these islamic terrorists ::

Source : wikipedia

Kashmiri Pandit (Hindi: कश्मीरी पण्डित) refers to a person who belongs to a sect of Hindu Brahmins originating from Kashmir, a mountainous region in South Asia. Kashmiri Brahmins are probably the best specimen of the Aryan Race. Many credible experts are of the opinion that this Race has its origin from the Vale of Kashmir and neighborhoo

Pre-Islamic History





Kashmir’s association with Hinduism is very old. The very name Kashmir is said to be derived from Kashyapa, one of the seven Rishis in Hindu mythology. Most Kashmiri Pandits are devout Shaivites, however many Kashmiri Pandit families who had migrated into other Indian territories have been ardent Vaishnavites as well. Kashmir is home to some of the holiest shrines in Hinduism like Amarnath, Kheer Bhawani, Shrine of Sharada, Shankaracharya Mandir, Hari Parbat, and Zeethyar.

The religious philosophy of Kashmiri Hindus is rooted in Kashmir Shaivism, a school of Shiva philosophy that originated near Kailasha in Himalayas around 400 AD. The first teacher of this school was Tryambakaditya, a disciple of sage Durvasas. Sangamaditya, the sixteenth descendent in the line of Tryambakaditya, later settled in Kashmir valley around 800 AD. His fourth descendent, Somananda, extracted the principles of monistic Shiva philosophy from the scriptures and incorporated them in his own work, Shivadrishti, which is the first philosophical treatise on Kashmiri Shaivism. Later a galaxy of illumined sages, such as Vasugupta, Kallata, Utapaladeva, and Abinavagupta further refined this philosophy. The philosophy of Kashmiri Shaivism is generally called Trika Shastra, since it is a philosophy of the Triad: Shiva, Shakti, and Nara (the bound individual self). The literature of the Trika System of Kashmir comprises three categories: the Agama Shastra, the Spanda Shastra, and the Pratyabhijna Shastra.

Kashmiri Shaivism, also known as Pratyabhijna (meaning “recognition”) school of Shaivism, adopts a purely monistic metaphysical position. It considers the Supreme Lord, called Shiva or Maheshvara, as the Supreme Reality, which is innermost as well as transcendent. As a conscious and active principle, the individual self (atman) is identical with the Supreme Lord. Due to the influence of maya (ignorance) the individual self forgets its divine nature, becomes liable to limitation and bondage, and thinks itself to be different from the Supreme Lord. Thus one’s mukti (spiritual freedom) lies in one’s clear recognition (Pratyabhijna) of one’s identity with the Supreme Lord. In Kashmiri Shaivism we find a type of religious thought which synthesizes pluralism, dualism, and the Buddhist doctrine of Shunya, and develops a nondualist philosophy which is sweet, sublime and constructive. This philosophy is closer to the theism of the Bhagvad Gita than to its own nihilistic view of Buddhism.

Kashmiri Pandit scholars have made significant contributions to Indian thought and science[citation needed]. Abhinavagupta, Kalhana were stalwarts in the fields of philosophy and history respectively. Kashmir figures prominently in Sanskrit poet Kalidasa’s compositions.









Persecution by Islamic Rulers



During the period of Islamic rule of the Kashmir valley hundreds of Hindu and Buddhist temples in Kashmir were destroyed.As a result, Kashmiri Pandits gradually migrated to other parts of India to escape persecution. Many Kashmiri Pandits and Buddhists were converted which in time resulted in Kashmir becoming predominantly Muslim. The devastation wrought by Zulju, a Turkish general from Turkmenistan, in 1320, during his conquest of many regions of Kashmir Valley was especially noteworthy.[2]

Sultan Sikandar Butshikan (1389–1413), the seventh Muslim ruler in Kashmir, and the second Sultan of the Kashmiri Sayyid Dynasty, is known for his oppression of non-Muslim populations, which caused many Kashmiri Pandits to leave the Kashmir valley.[3] Historians call him an iconoclast or idol-breaker and he is said to have killed several thousand Kashmiri Pandits and/or forced them to convert to Islam or flee.[4] During the reign of Butshikan, Islam was firmly established in Kashmir and the Hindu population fell drastically. Sultan Ali Shah and others followed suit.[5] There have been a few Muslim rulers who were tolerant towards the Pandits, however they were not able to ultimately alleviate the plight of the Pandits. This can be ascertained from the fact that the Pandits never rose to their pre-Islamic glory and that their population in the valley continued to decrease over time and may change only with a Spanish type Reconquista[6] From the 14th century due to the growth of Islam and forced conversions into Islam[7][8] their numbers in the valley began to diminish and the Muslims by spreading Islam began to outnumber them. According to the oral history of Kashmiri Pandits, at one point, only eleven families of Pandits remained in the Valley. Walter Roper Lawrence, who visited Kashmir in 1889 as the British Land Settlement Commissioner, mentions this in his note on Kashmiri Pandits in his book ‘The Valley of Kashmir’.

Migration to the Indo-Gangetic Plain (1400-1900)

A large number of persecuted Kashmiri Pandit families were forced to migrate to the plains in the early fifteenth century during the reign of Sikandar Butshikan, and in the late sixteenth century during the reign of Aurangzeb. However, Mughal emperors before and after Aurangzeb invited Kashmiri Pandit scholars, who were fluent in Persian, Sanskrit, Avestan and several other classical languages, to their courts. Several princely states in northern and central India, such as Patiala, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, and Ratlam have had Kashmir Pandit prime ministers (dewans). The largest concentrations of Kashmiri Pandits were found in medieval urban centres such as Lahore, Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Gwalior, Lucknow, Hardoi, Kanpur, and Allahabad. Most Kashmiri Pandit families that migrated to the plains before the twentieth century have a strong influence of the Muslim culture of Awadh in their language, and to some extent, in their food. These Urdu or Hindustani speaking families have traditionally been more tolerant to Muslims than the recent migrants because of their close association and cordial relations with the Muslim elite of northern India. Famous Urdu poets, such as Chakbast, were Kashmiri Pandits. A very large number of lawyers and administrators in British India belonged to Kashmiri Pandit families of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The same families gained political importance through the Indian National Congress in Independent India. The first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru and the third prime minister, Indira Gandhi, belonged to a Kashmiri Pandit family of Allahabad. Rajiv Gandhi, the seventh prime minister of India, was also half-Kashmiri Pandit. Therefore, the Government of India has been headed by persons belonging to Kashmiri Pandit families for 37 years, i.e. for more than half of the political life of the country after independence.





Terrorism and Exodus (1985-1995)



In late 1989 and early 1990, when the Kashmiri Muslims raised the banner of rebellion against Indian Government, the Kashmiri Pandit minority was targeted by Islamic fundamentalists and socially persecuted by a significant proportion of the Kashmiri Muslim population. This forced almost all of the remaining Kashmiri Pandit families to suddenly leave the Valley. These families intended to return to the Valley after restoration of normalcy. However, the socio-political situation in Kashmir continues to be volatile, with the displaced Kashmiri Pandits beginning to lose their cultural identity. The US Department of State reports that, according to the Indian National Human Rights Commission, the Kashmiri Pandit population in Jammu and Kashmir dropped from 15 percent in 1941 to 1 percent as of 2001..Kashmiri Pandit refugees living in camps near the North Indian cities of Jammu and Delhi have come up with the demand for a Panun Kashmir, a territory where they can reside without fear of persecution or human rights violations. A MORI survey found that within the Kashmir Valley, 92% respondents opposed the state of Kashmir being divided on the basis of religion or ethnicity. Due to the violent Islamic insurgency, Kashmiri Pandits have been murdered, 400,000 displaced. fundamentalists] This was condemned and labeled as ethnic cleansing in a 2006 resolution passed by the United States Congress.[15] In 2009 Oregon Legislative Assembly passed a resolution to recognize 14 September 2007, as Martyrs Day to acknowledge ethnic cleansing and campaigns of terror inflicted on non-Muslim minorities of Jammu and Kashmir by terrorists seeking to establish an Islamic state.[16] According to the CIA about 300,000 Kashmir Hindus (Pandits) from the Indian Administered Kashmir Valley are residing in the Jammu region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (particularly in the refugee camps at Udhampur and Jammu), and another 100,000in Delhi, in refugee camps established by the Indian Government and the UN.





So what did u decide ? are you waiting for your turn to become refugees in your own homeland only because you are hindus ? if not, please… work with us………