Mahrajganj, first wholesale market of Kashmir, has lost its sheen to government’s negligence. Ignored by successive government, this old market has started losing its pivotal position in Kashmir’s economy. It was developed in 1864 AD by Maharaja Ranbir Singh, on the bank of river Jhelum in Downtown Srinagar. Traders from Punjab locally known that time as Khaetris would visit this place for business dealings. “Before 1947, the businessmen of this market had trade relation till Tibet in the Eastern side and Yarkand (in Afganistan) on its western side. Most of…
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