Text of 1949 UN Resolution Calling for Referendum on Kashmir | Archive Series

Pakistan was carved out of India in 1947 as the Muslim counterweight to India's Hindu population. Predominantly Muslim Kashmir to the north of both countries was divided between them, with India dominating two-thirds of the region and Pakistan one third. A Muslim-led revolt against the Hindu ruler triggered a build-up of Indian troops and an attempt by India to annex the whole In 1948, India attempted to annex the whole region, provoking a war with Pakistan. The United Nations brokered a cease-fire in 1949, and a five-member commission made up of Argentina, Belgium, Columbia, Czechoslovakia and the United States drew up a resolution calling for a referendum to decide Kashmir's future. The full text of the resolution, which India never allowed to be implemented, follows.

Resolution of the Commission of January 5, 1949

The United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan, Having received from the Governments of India and Pakistan, in communications dated 23 December and 25 December 1948, respectively, their acceptance of the following principles which are supplementary to the Commission's Resolution of 13 August 1948:

India Grabs Kashmir - Archive article from Time Magazine 1957

Monday, Feb. 04, 1957

KASHMIR: India Grabs It

For the better part of two days last week. India's gaunt, silver-maned V. K. Krishna Menon waved his arms, flashed his eyes and showered the U.N. Security Council with words. When the torrent finally petered out, the exhausted Menon held the alltime U.N. record for a single speech—7 hours 48 minutes. It was a performance worthy of a Southern Senator, and had a purpose familiar to any Southern filibusterer hoping to frustrate the majority will. Menon was out to stall Security Council proceedings while India's moralizing Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru completed India's illegal annexation of most of the strategic state of Kashmir.

And he Faces the Music | Shoe Thrown at Umar Abdullah J&K CM

…and he faces the music

It was an incident that lasted a mere 5 seconds. The moment an assistant sub-inspector, Abdul Ahad Jan, threw a shoe at Chief Minister of the state, Omer Abdullah. Those 5 seconds have now been immortalized as the biggest slur on the history of Abdullah family.

To most of the Kashmiris it was just another embarrassing moment to add to the omer Administrations blunders and gaffes. And yes, another page in the joke-book of Kashmir has been added. Following Asif Ali Zardari, Chinese premier wen jiabo, the home minister P. Chidambaram and so on, Omer Abdullah is the latest personality to enter the bush club.

Now, based on the fact that Mr. Abdul Ahad used his shoe, one may ask what exactly was he trying to accomplish? Best case scenario, omer gets a black eye or a scoffed up nose. But bluntly, one could feel the police officer, along with millions across the Kashmir, care less at the effectiveness of his weapon of choice. It was the statement that spoke loudest.

Jinnah a proponent of unity and peace - My understanding of Jinnah

Since his entry into politics in 1906, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, diligently worked for unity of people in general and for Hindu-Muslim unity in particular.

Gopal Krishna Gokhle (1866-1915), the foremost Hindu leader before Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), said of Jinnah: “He has true stuff in him and that freedom from all sectarian prejudices which will make him the best ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity.”

As such, he became the architect of the Hindu-Muslim unity. He was responsible for the Congress-Muslim League Pact of 1916. And by 1917 Jinnah came to be recognized among both Hindus and Muslims as one of India’s most outstanding political leaders.

Jinnah’s vision, Iqbal’s dream, Liaqat’s work - Pakistan

August 14th is a day of remembrance. A day to recall the vision and dream of Iqbal who, as far back as 1930, spelt out the “destiny of Muslims at least of North-West India.” Said Iqbal: “I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interests of India and Islam. For India it means security and peace resulting from an internal balance of power; for Islam an opportunity to rid itself of the stamp that Arabian Imperialism was forced to give it, to mobilise its laws, its education, its culture and to bring them into close contact with its own original spirit and with the spirit of modern times.”

Why Kashmir Burns?

By Smita Singh

10 August, 2010
Hard News

For Kashmiris the story of dissent and its repercussions has always been the same, perhaps it is time for us to listen.

I was 13 in March 1991 when I reached Kashmir. My father was posted as part of the Army’s Corps of Signals. I looked out as our convoy crawled through the empty streets of Srinagar, silent but for the graffiti screaming from a wall here, a poster there -‘Indian Dogs Go Away’, ‘We Want Freedom’, ‘Hizbul Mujahidin Zindabad’, some incomprehensible scrawls in Urdu following us until we entered the cantonment. Bunglows and beautiful lawns, tree lined pavements and the olive green of the uniforms- comforting, familiar and welcome. The images of the ghost town receded, but not for long.

Ramadhan 1431 Mubarak

“O you who believe, fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed
to those before you, that you may (learn) self-restraint.” Qur’an 2:183

I PROTEST

The streets of Kashmir  Valley are not the only places burning with angry protests over the civilian killings. The rage has also spilled over into the virtual world where youngsters are venting their pent up sentiments.

Youngsters aged 15-25 are using their personal or community internet pages to express their anger against what they see as human rights abuses. Social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, YouTube and many such web platforms have turned into a new battleground for the angry young generation of the valley.

With nearly 50 people dying in less than seven weeks - most of them in firing by security forces - many such voices are proliferating on the internet.

"I Protest", a community page created by an unknown user, has over 3,000 members -- Kashmiris as well as non-Kashmiris. It is described as "a campaign for international awareness against human rights abuse in Indian Kashmir.”

Mirwaiz writes to Ban Ki Moon [UN]

Excellency,
India has declared an open war in Kashmir. There is blood of innocent children and teenagers spilled on the streets of Kashmir who are being shot dead for demanding the implementation of the solemn pledge made to them by the worl...d community that they would be allowed to decide their future. The entire population is swelling the streets to protest which the Indian state is crushing by using lethal force and other repressive measures - curfew, mass detention… In less than two months over 45 protesters mostly children and teenagers have been mercilessly killed, and the killing spree continues. Such is the height of oppression by the “biggest democracy on earth”, that we are even denied the time and space to mourn our dead. The situation is getting worse and uglier by the day for the hapless people of the valley and can only become disastrous for them unless the U.N. intervenes and fulfills its moral and legal obligation towards the people of Jammu & Kashmir.

RAGE IN YOUTH

youth icon

After many days of undeclared curfews, hartals and severe restrictions on the movement of people, it was a day of freedom on 27th July, 2010. I as usual had to go for a bit of shopping as well as to observe the mood of people and overhear their conversations which revolved round the issue of Aazadi. I was in a bus back to home with a small child of 3-4 years old as my companion besides me on the seat with a new toy gun in his hand, as is my nature I socialized with the child and enquired what for he had got the gun? I was surprised and awe stuck when he confided to me that he will kill the military man with the same. I was born in late 1980’s when the armed insurgency initiated and grew up in the gun culture and these things were no surprise for my generation who now are in the prime of their youth, but those who are born after 2005 when the militancy had reclined I couldn’t make it out for them. As soon as I pondered deeper I could make it out that the sentiment of violence, enemy, resistance and resentment had been transferred to the new generation of toddlers, infants and children who grew up with mobiles, internet and electronic gadgets in their hands and cartoon shows and movies but the daily atrocities, the conversations of elders and the hated figure of an alien soldier present at every nook and corner of each alley plus the over politicized environment, has led to the promiscuous political puberty of the new generation.

BATAMALLOO MARTYR

8 YEAR OLD SAMEER

I have heard they killed one more

Beat him up till he was sore

As usual, he was innocent

Though his death is recent

He was a promising child

But Fate drove him wild

As alleged he was a Stone Pelter

Running away from the pangs of Dark Devils helter skelter

HARTALS n KASHMIR!

Protest Calender Have you Ever Seen One?

More than one month has passed to the hartals and curfews (declared or undeclared) and the busy, occupied and hustle- bustle of life now seems to be a distant dream, God only knows when the situation will return to the normal? Since the inception of armed insurgency in the valley, hartals and curfews have been a norm the former issued by the separatists to condemn the State atrocities as well as to depict their strength and grip on masses and to judge the level of obedience of the masses while as the latter being clamped down by the State and enforced by its numerous security agencies to keep the dissent and resentment at bay and in between the two the common innocent masses keep suffering for the reasons they don’t know, or are too naïve to understand the same or just fate made them a part of the same.

GO INDIA GO BACK! - I

Recent Pics Of on going Kashmir Struggle with the famous slogan "GO INDIA GO"

J&K BANK INTERNATIONAL DIV. SGR!

CONTESTED CONSENSUS

“Woman is a Fitna”, shouted Nadeem at the top of his voice, so as to make his viewpoint more authentic by blurting it out more vocally. “No, she isn’t”, rebuked Zulkifl “How can you; still in 21^st century uphold such fascist and conservative views despite being enrolled as a Masters student in this reputed university?”, Zulkifl trying to win over the classmates to his viewpoint by sounding progressive, liberal and upholder of woman’s rights.

 

“It isn’t being fascist or conservative, but experience has taught that woman is Fitna, temptation, distraction and real shadowy originator of numerous problems”, retorted back Nadeem trying to sound being an expert as far as practical issues are concerned. “Now it is ludicrous, woman a temptation and seductive. Nadeem you are sounding as a typical Talibani or some cadre of Hindutva Brigade. You consider her body seductive and temptation for men, who can’t control their emotions because of the woman being too liberal to keep your norms of morality”, Zulkifl now taking stance as a real Woman Rights Activist.