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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 January 2025. Ethnolinguistic group native to the Kashmir Valley For other uses, see Kashmiri (disambiguation). This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: extremely poor writing in some places (including grammar, spelling, etc.). Please help improve ...
Kashmiri Saikia Baruah, Indian actress; Abid Kashmiri, Pakistani actor and a comedian; Agha Hashar Kashmiri (1879–1935), Urdu poet, playwright and dramatist; Agha Shorish Kashmiri (1917–1975), Pakistani scholar and politician
The theory of Kashmiri descent from the lost tribes of Israel is a fringe theory which states that the Kashmiri people originally descended from the Ten Lost Tribes.Genetic testing and historical analysis have disproved this theory, though it maintains negligible support within the Ahmadiyya movement.
As the Kashmiris had suffered under the Afghans, they initially welcomed the new Sikh rulers. [69] However, the Sikh governors turned out to be hard taskmasters, and Sikh rule was generally considered oppressive, [70] protected perhaps by the remoteness of Kashmir from the capital of the Sikh Empire in Lahore. [71]
Rice is the staple food of Kashmiris and has been so since ancient times. [9] Meat, along with rice, is the most popular food item in Kashmir. [10] Kashmiris consume meat voraciously. [11] Despite being Brahmins, most Kashmiri Hindus are meat eaters. [12] Kashmiri beverages include Noon Chai or Sheer Chai and Kahwah or Kehew.
In 1961, there were 10,000 refugees of Kashmiri origin in Pakistan, who had voting rights in elections of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. They were given an equal amount of representation in the election as the 109,000 Jammu refugees. [29] [30] In 1990, there were 400,000 refugee voters, compared to 1.2 million Azad Kashmir residents. The refugees ...
Hindu Kashmiris and Muslim Kashmiris living in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India and other parts of the country and the world are from the same ethnic stock. Following is a list of Kashmiri surnames.
The 1881 Census had recorded the number of Kashmiris in the Punjab as 179,020 [56] while the 1891 Census recorded the Kashmiri population as 225,307 [57] but the number of Kashmiri speakers recorded in the 1891 Census was 28,415. [58] Scholar Ayesha Jalal states that Kashmiris faced discrimination in the Punjab as well. [59]