Knowledge of Pakistan and India History and Culture

  Kashmir’s struggle did not start in 1947 and will not end today  India’s decision to revoke Article 370 is just another chapter in Kashmir’s long history of imperial oppression.  On August 5, India’s Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government issued a surprise executive decree stripping away the autonomy that the state of Jammu and Kashmir was granted in exchange for joining the Indian union after independence in 1947.  Since the decree, Indian authorities also imposed an unprecedented lockdown in the region, cutting off all communication lines, restricting movement and putting prominent Kashmiri politicians under house arrest.                                                                                 ...