HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF ALLURING KASHMIR
Since 1947, the former kingdom of beautiful and alluring Kashmir has remained unsettled. Throughout historical times, the Kashmir Valley experienced peaceful contemplation and intellectual advancements. But why Kashmir became a center of warfare rather than being a center for cultural and regional development? What led an insurgency took place in Kashmir? How Pakistan influenced and gained the support of a few Kashmiri people? Despite being a home to various ethnic and religious groups, how the aspirations and sentiments of the people of Kashmir got no prominence? Kashmir did not have a single past. This article is an attempt to cover the historical timeline of a disputed Kashmir and to cover the journey of Kashmir becoming the Ethno-nationalist assertion from a peaceful and happy valley. There are two propagated pre-1947 histories of the Kashmir Valley. · The first, recounted by the minority Kashmiri Pandits, talk of the butchery execut...