When the organised movement against autocracy started in 1931 its leaders linked it with the four centuries old urge for freedom of the people of kashmir.
Were kashmiris siding with the tribal raiders.
Ie october of 1947.
Then there were the tribesmen who were concentrating at batrasi opposite the kashmir border and there was brigadier akbar khan a burma dso who was director of the newly formed weapon and equipment directorate at the general headquarters tasked unofficially to support the tribal raiders logistically using all resources at his disposal in ghq as director weapons and equipment without letting.
Brigadier later lieutenant general l p.
They were lured with riches and beautiful women of kashmir.
Sen was dispatched to kashmir as the commander of the 161 infantry brigade to save the then princely state from the armed pakistani tribal raiders who had crossed the border poured into the valley and were indulging in widespread loot arson and rape.
He says that in a pre crisis population of 14 000 to say 13 000 were killed is nonsense.
It was many days later that indian forces arrived.
October in kashmir valley always evoke mixed response.
By the time news of tribal attack reached to the town writes alaistar lamb the town was deserted.
8 sma levels severest charges of killing in baramullah town by raiders.
Militias recruited by sheikh abdullah were trained by the army.
Army honours two kashmiris for thwarting 1947 raider attack november 3 2013 1 46 pm in news the indian army sunday awarded two people from central kashmir s budgam district for their help in thwarting the attack by tribal warriors from pakistan in 1947.
But since they were non kashmiris their rule along with 111 years of rule by a punjabi sikh and a dogra hindu is regarded by most kashmiris as a period of slavery.
The kashmiris fought against the tribal raiders to secure kashmir for india.
The indian army was finally airlifted to srinagar to repel the tribal invasion.
Here the author goes by the dubious narrative that pakistan had backed the.
On one side is the high pitched separatist induced call for observance of 27 oct as black day in commemoration of the landing of first indian troops in srinagar and on the other side is the rational call of those patriotic kashmiris who know the harsh reality of october.
Azad said when pakistan backed tribal raiders attacked kashmir in 1947 there were no india forces in the valley back then.
Not necessarily they belonged to nwfp now khaiber pakhtunkhwa region.
The history of unsolved conflicts by m.
