2. BACK TO HISTORY
History
15 august 1947,
Partition of India
and Pakistan.
Pakistan claimed
Kashmir because
I was a Muslim
majority state
Maharaja Hari
Singh, took
neutral stand
Sheik Abdullah
wanted Kashmir
to be part of
India.
Pm Jawaharlal
Nehru wanted
referendum in
Kashmir.
UN asked for a
ceasefire until
the dispute was
settled
Since then 1948
has become the
unofficial border
between India
and Pakistan –
the line of control
3. What is the case now?
• Home grown militancy and radicalization of the
Kashmiri population.
• Hizbul Mujahedeen “a new age militancy”.
• Burhan Wani , an educated home grown militant
who aren’t afraid to reveal their identity.
• Popularity and Empathy for such terrorist is in large
numbers.
4. Why this resentment?
• AFSPA Act 1958
• A retired army officer once recounted: “Sometimes
we behaved like militants and the militants like
security forces. The State machinery was perceived
as a tool of oppression and seldom seen as a
guardian. AFSPA is a bad Act. But if you remove
AFSPA the army will lose whereas if you continue
with AFSPA for 25 years then India is surely losing the
war.”
5. Why this resentment ?(contd….)
• Lack of political dialogue.
• Lack of economic opportunities.
• Frustration due to high unemployment.
• Human right violations by security forces.
