1. Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo
Presentation By:
Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo ON
J&K State
Its Geographical – Historical Context
and
Human Rights & Political Situation

2. NAMASKAR

4. GEOGRAPHY Extreme North of India Jammu & Kashmir State
(As it existed on 1st August, 1947)
GEOGRAPHY
Extreme North of India

6. The most strategic part of India
On its Eastern side is Tibet
On its Northern side is China
On its Western side is Afghanistan and Pakistan
On its Southern side is Himachal Pradesh and Punjab (India)
The most strategic part of India

7. Districts of J&K State As on 1st August 1947 1. Ladakh 2. Gilgat
3.  Chilas
4.  Gilgat Wazarat
5.  Muzaffarbad
6.  Poonch
7.  Mirpur
8. Reasi
9. Jammu
10. Kathua
11. Udhampur
12. Anantnag
13. Baramulla
***

8. Area of the State Total Area = 2,22,236 Sq. Kms.
Area under Chinese Occupation = ,555 Sq. Kms.
Area under Pakistan occupation = 78, 114 Sq. Kms.
Area ceded by Pakistan to China = ,180 Sq. Kms
Area under our control = 1,01,387 Sq. Kms
Total Area which is under foreign occupation = 54%
Total Area under our control = 46%

10. Area Occupied By Pakistan
Gilgat
Chilas
Gilgat Wazarat
Full Districts
Parts of Ladakh
Baltistan
Parts of Poonch.
A major part of the districts of Muzaffarbad and Mirpur.

11. Area Occupied By China Aksai Chin (Ladakh) Damchok Desert
Aksai Chin (Ladakh)
Karakaram Valley
Damchok Desert

12. Area (under our control)
J&K State
Area (under our control)
Kashmir Valley = 15,948 Sq. Kms.
Jammu Province = 26,293 Sq. Kms.
Ladakh Division = 59, 146 Sq. Kms.
Total = 1,01,387 Sq. Kms.

13. Districts of J&K State (As on date) Kashmir Valley Jammu Province
Srinagar
Ganderbal
Budgam
Baramula
Kupwara
Anantnag
Pulwama
Shopian
Kulgam
Bandipur
Doda
Ramban
Kishtwar
Udhampur
Reasi
Rajouri
Poonch
Jammu
Samba
Kathua
Ladakh Division
Leh Kargil

14. Chandrabhaga (Chinab)
Main Rivers
Sindhu (Indus)
Vitasta (Jehlum)
Chandrabhaga (Chinab)
Ravi

15. MAIN LAKES Wular Lake in Baramulla District
Dal Lake in Srinagar District
Pongong, Tso Moriri & Salt Lake in Ladakh
Mangla Dam (Artificial Lake) in Mirpur District (Under POK)
Mansar Lake in Jammu

16. Mountains and Hills HIMALAYAS Pirpanchal Range Karakoram Range
Trikuta Hills
Shivallik Hills

17. Peaks K2 (Karakoram) – 8,611 m Nanga Parbat in Chilas – 8,126 m
Rakaposhi Peak in Gilgat – 7,788 m
Kamapiri Diwar in Gilgat– 7,143 m
Nunkun in Ladakh – 7,135 m
Ishkuman Peak in Gilgat – 5,629 m
Kolahai in Srinagar – 5,425 m

18. Linguistic Distribution…
Kashmiri
Kashmir Valley and contiguous areas in Doda,
Poonch and Rajouri
Dogri
Jammu Province (Districts of Kathua, Jammu,
Udhampur and areas of Doda, Poonch and Rajouri
Bodhi
Leh District and
parts of Kargil District (Zanskar etc.)
Dardi
Kargil District
Punjabi
Districts of Mirpur and Muzaffarabad

19. Linguistic Distribution
Shina
Gilgit and parts of Kargil (Dah-Hanu)
Pahari
On both sides of LOC (Areas of
Karnah, Keran and Titwal
Balti
Baltistan
Gojri
Gujars living on higher reaches
Poshto
Small pockets – living on hills (especially in the
Tehsils of Gandherbal and Kangan in Srinagar

20. Main Sources of History Vishnudharamutar Puran
Nilmat Puran
600 AD
Vasuki Puran
1100 AD
Vishnudharamutar Puran
400 to 500 AD

21. Main Sources of History…
Rajtarangini
By:
Kalhan
Jonaraja
Shrivara
Shuk
Pragya Bhat

22. Anandvardhan’s Works:
Khemendra’s Works:
Deshaupadesh
Samayamatrika
Bilhan’s Works:
Vikramankdevcharit
Jayanak’s Works:
Prithvirajvijay
Anandvardhan’s Works:
Dhawani Alok

23. JaisinghabhudyayaBy Kalhan
Not Available
Sompalvilas By Jalhan
JaisinghabhudyayaBy Kalhan
Bhuvanabhdyaya By Shankunk

24. Appalling Human Rights Situation
Due to the genocide and ethnic cleansing in Kashmir at the hands of the fundamentalists and terrorists, the Pandit community of Kashmir has suffered enormously. The tip of the iceberg is presented here……

25. Killings due to organized massacres -More than 1000 members
* Vendalization, loot, arson and burning of cultural symbols and shrines to 300
* Burning of residential and commercial properties - 25,000
* Deaths due to snake bites, accidents and other diseases- More than (after exodus from Kashmir) members
* Number of members of the Pandit community - 5,00,000
who were forced to live in exile
* Diseases that have overtaken the members - Renal failure,
of the community Heart disease, Cancer, Diabetes and hypertension

26. After undergoing a series of discussions with the Panun Kashmir Movement(PKM) and the Government representatives on the REPORT submitted by the PKM, the National Human Rights Commission of India referred the case to its court that made the following important findings in the order dated :
i) The crimes committed against the Kashmiri Pandits are, by any yard stick, deserving of the strongest condemnation;
ii)                   Whether the Commission looks to the data provided by the complainants, or to that provided by the State Government or the Union of India, the facts are, beyond question, stark and tragic;
iii)                 There can be no gainsaying the acute suffering and deprivation of the community;
iv) Commission is constrained to observe that acts akin to genocide have occurred in respect of the Kashmiri Pandits;

27. v) In the minds of and utterances of some of the militants a “genocide type design” may exist;
vi) The community of the Pandits has felt that it has not been given the understanding and the reliefs it deserved and to which it is entitled The Commission has empathy for their feelings .There is no doubt as to the immense suffering caused to the Kashmiri Pandit community by the acts of terrorists and militants active in the Valley of Kashmir, particularly in the period starting in the later part of 1989;
viii)              There is a general view that some 3,00,000 Kashmiri Pandits have had to leave the Valley for reasons of terror unleashed in their home state and conditions of insecurity that they experienced as a result;

28. Hiram Ruiz, a policy analyst at the US Committee for Refugees reports
(PTI-Washington Aug. 12,1998)
“ The fundamentalist terrorists had driven the Pandits out by systematic ethnic cleansing…..
There were 250,000 displaced Pandits in camps at the peak”
The J&K High Court Verdict
(Jammu. Apr 6, report published in Daily Excelsior)
“The conditions which forced Kashmiri Pandits to migrate from the Valley in 1990 cannot be equated with any other situation”. The court observed -“the entire valley had been declared as disturbed by an Act and nearly two and a half lakh people had to leave the permanent place of abode. The migration has no comparison.”

29. Frank Pallone, Demoratic Congressman in US:
(UNI, Washington, July 15, 1999)
“I along with fellow law makers plead for describing the treatment meted out to the Pandits in the trouble-torn State as genocide …. I hope that the attention of the United States and the world community will finally focus on the long-ignored plight of the Pandits.”
Amnesty International report
(London-AI Report, Aug. 1997)
“Among the civilian population, Hindus have been frequently targeted by the armed opposition groups (in Kashmir). Estimated 2,50,000 to 3,00,000 have fled the Kashmir valley since armed opposition groups’ activities manifested in late 1989 and taken refugee in Hindu majority area- Jammu or in camps in and around New Delhi.
Those that have stayed behind in Kashmir have been subjected to frequent abuse by armed opposition groups (Islamic terrorists). Dozens of killings have been reported over the last few years.”

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