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The history of Kashmir is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent in South Asia with influences from the surrounding regions of Central, and East Asia. Historically, Kashmir referred to only the Kashmir Valley of the western Himalayas . [ 1 ]
The Kashmiri spoken in Muzaffarabad is distinct from, although still intelligible with, the Kashmiri of the Neelam Valley to the north. [22] In Neelam Valley, Kashmiri is the second most widely spoken language and the majority language in at least a dozen or so villages, where in about half of these, it is the sole mother tongue. [22]
Kashmir Valley was a Muslim-majority [1] [2] region speaking the Kashmiri language and had a distinct culture called Kashmiriyat. 10 May 1857 () – 1 November 1858 (): India's First War of Independence. 2 August 1858 (): End of Company rule in India.
[4]: 311–312 Some scholars state that Shah Mir arrived from the Panjgabbar valley (Panchagahvara), [13] which was populated by Khasa people, and so ascribe a Khasa ethnicity to Shah Mir. [14] [15] Older sources by contemporary Kashmiri historians, such as Jonaraja, state that Shah Mir was the descendant of Partha of Mahabharata fame.
The Kashmiri people have still not been able to exercise the right to self-determination and this was the conclusion of the International Commission of Jurists in 1994. [434] Ayesha Parvez writes in The Hindu that high voter turnout in Kashmir cannot be interpreted as a sign of acceptance of Indian rule. Voters vote due to varying factors such ...
Nonetheless, historical accuracy increases drastically from the fourth book onward, and the narrative of the Karkota dynasty in the Rajatarangini has been heavily used to reconstruct Kashmiri history. [7] [16] [13] [15] Michael Witzel notes the fourth book to be accurate in its chronology (down to day) in that it aligns perfectly with ...
The Dogra dynasty [1] [2] of Dogra Rajputs from the Shivalik hills created Jammu and Kashmir through the treaties with the East India Company following the First Anglo-Sikh war. Events led the Sikh Empire to recognise Jammu as a vassal state in 1820, and later the British added Kashmir to Jammu with the Treaty of Amritsar in 1846.
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 ...