MUST READ TODAY IN KASHMIR HISTORY 2010: Uprising toll goes to 69 Milad Ahmad Dar, 8, of Wanpora Khudwani, Kulgam was shot dead by a joint team of the J and K Police and the CRPF, taking the uprising toll to 69. 2008: All routes to Srinagar sealed On the night of August 17, the police sealed the city. Streets werebarricaded, and thousands of armed police manned the barriers. Roads leading into Srinagar were blocked to prevent people from coming into the summer capital. However, people defied the restrictions and assembled in the city. They shouted pro-freedom andanti-India slogans. 1988: Zia-ul-Haq’s death shocks Kashmiris Kashmiris were shocked when Radio Pakistan announced the death of President Zia-ul-Haq in a plane crash. He had gone to Bhawalpur to witness a demonstration of tanks, and was accompanied by a number of Generals, including the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Chief of General Staff, high-rankingMilitary Attaches, as well as the U. S. Ambassador to Pakistan. On his return journey, his military transport aircraft, a C-130, exploded in mid-air a few minutes after takeoff from Bhawalpur airport, killing all passengers on board, including the President. Kashmiris then considered Zia-ul-Haq their savior. His death anniversary was observed for several years by militant and political organizations. 1947: Partition boundaries announced The conspiracy to grab Kashmir came to the fore when Sir Cyril Radcliffe announced the boundaries of the subcontinent’s partition. The Muslim- majority district of Gurdaspur, which otherwise should have gone to Pakistan (as per partition rules), was given to India. India thus gained a route to Jammu and Kashmir. Had the partition rules been observed honestly, Jammu and Kashmir would have automatically gone to Pakistan.
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