Kashmir Martyrs Day: 90 years later, the struggle continues

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Kashmiris and their friends worldwide mark the 90th anniversary of ‘Martyrs Day’ on July 13, calling for international intervention to resolve the Kashmir dispute. Over 100,000 innocent men, women, and children have been killed by Indian occupying forces over three decades in Jammu and Kashmir. 

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On July 13, 1931, 22 Kashmiris were shot dead in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, by soldiers of the then Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh. Friends of Kashmir observe the solemn day to reaffirm resolve to continue the struggle for self-determination. 

The day to commemorate the people killed in a revolt against Singh, a Hindu autocrat, had been declared a national day soon after the birth of India and Pakistan in 1947 and was observed by all sections cutting across political and ideological affiliations.

Their suffering has not ended despite the end of the despotic Dogra dynasty rule. The fate of Kashmiris changed for the worse, as it has been replaced by tyrannies of successive Indian regimes with various garbs of democracy.

July 13 reminds millions of Kashmiris how Singh’s troops took aim at each person who stood up to make the call (Adhan) for the Friday prayer service. And by the time they were done, 22 innocent Kashmiri Muslims fell to the bullets, one after the other in cold blood, in front of Srinagar Central Jail.

But the tyranny in Kashmir under the Hindutva nationalists has reached a new and unprecedented level of inhumanity. Kashmir has been under a lockdown and communication blackout for nearly two years. No one is allowed to venture out to commemorate the event and pay tribute to the heroes of Kashmir history.

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