Jammu celebrates Accession Day, Kashmir goes with Black Day

Various functions were held across the Jammu region on Friday to celebrate the 72nd Accession Day. On October 26, 1947, last Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh had signed an Instrument of Accession and consequently the state of J&K had acceded to the Indian union. While the BJP organised a seminar at its party headquarters, the J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu, held another function. At the event organised by the People’s Opinion Forum on the banks of the Tawi, former minister and BJP MLA Choudhary Lal Singh was the chief…

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27th October is Black Day in History of Kashmir

Kashmir is  a source of long standing dispute between Pakistan and India, which originated when the people of Jammu and Kashmir state were denied the right of self-determination in 1947. When India and Pakistan became independent on August 1947, it was generally assumed that Kashmir, as a contiguous state with a predominantly Muslim population, would accede to Pakistan. Its ruler, the Maharaja, however, on 27 October 1947 acceded to India through an improper and illegal Instrument of Accession although he has lost support of people who have established an independent…

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