Freeing Tibet and POK from the clutches of China should our aim: Indresh Kumar

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‘China engulfed Tibet. It had breached the trust and waged war on India in 1962. Now it is eyeing  POK. This is a serious threat to India’, lamented RSS national executive council member Indresh Kumar in special interview given to Kannada daily ‘Hosa Digantha’.

While talking on growing China threat, which RSS has also adopted a resolution, Indresh Kumar said that, India made a mistake by accepting Tibet as a part of China. India’s will be secured if Tibet gets freedom from China.  He also added that, we can believe China only if it frees Kashmir, Kailash Manas Sarovar and other parts of India it has occupied and Indian govt should work on regaining lost territories.

While advising union govt of India to have clear stand on Pakistan and Bangladesh, Indresh Kumar said “2.5 crore illegal Bangladesh immigrants to India should be sent to all the countries of the World and they should be denied of any voting rights in India, otherwise an illegal infiltrator will rule us tomorrow”.

On the ongoing debate of giving autonomy to J&K, Kumar expressed his belief that, giving autonomy to Jammu & Kashmir is the first step towards another partition of the country. “The only solution to Kashmir problem is to urge Kashimiri people to love India”, Indresh said.

On the malicious campaign of branding patriotic organizations a ‘terror  goups’, Indrsh kumar said that, ‘all the allegations against RSS are politically motivated and the investigating agencies have no proof about RSS’s involvement in any terror acts’. Elaborating on the issue, Kumar questioned, ‘why was nationalistic orgnisation RSS was banned  and  why  was  congress spared from the ban, when it killed democracy by imposing emergency in 1975 and also when it massacred thousands of Sikhs on Delhi streets?”.

Expressing his concern over the present scenario, Indresh Kumar said that, “ the World is looking towards India for solutions. But out leaders are involved in cheap politicts and are not concerned about the serious issues the country Is facing”. 

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डॉ. मोहनराव मधुकर भागवत 

हमारा कर्तव्य और स्वभाव हमारे भूमि से जुड़ा है। हम देखते हैं दुनिया में, ये जो सारी बातें मैं बोल रहा हूं- जाकी रहे भावना जैसी प्रभु मुरति ..... देखहिं तैसी। अपने यहां पर सबकी मान्यता है, बाकी दुनिया में नहीं है। हमारी भावना ऐसी क्यों है? यह इसलिए है क्योंकि युगों से हमारा देश एक सुरक्षित भूमि रहा है। यातायात के साधन कम थे, घोड़ों और बैलगाड़ियों पर सवारियां होती थी। उस समय हिंदू-कुश से लेकर आराकांत की पहाड़ियों तक पूरे फैले हिमालय ने कम्पाउंड का काम किया, बाहर से कोई आने वाला नहीं है। व्यापार करने वाले इक्का-दुक्का आए, लेकिन समूह तो आएगी नहीं, सेना तो आ नहीं सकती। बाकी तीनों ओर से सागर है। तौ कौन आएगा। अंदर कोई आने वाला नहीं है, हमी लोग हैं। विस्तीर्ण भूमि है। सुजलां, सफलां, मलयज शीतलां, इसीलिए खाने-पीने के लिए पर्याप्त है। सब अपने ही लोग हैं, झगड़ा करने का स्वभाव ही नहीं बनता। बाहर से कोई आ भी गया तो हम उसको कहते हैं कि भई तू भी बस जा। बहुत बड़ा विस्तीर्ण देश है। इसलिए भाषाएं अनेक हैं, पहले से आदत है। भरपूर होता है इसलिए फूर्सत मिलती है, कम श्रमों में भरपूर देने वाली भूमि और कृषि एक मात्र साधन, ऐसा उस जमाने में था, तो फूर्सत भी रहती थी और चिंतन भी बहुत होता था। चिंतन के द्वारा लोगों ने अनुमान लगाया कि अपने-अपने तरीके से लोग सत्य को समझते हैं। सत्य को कौन कैसे समझता है इसका महत्व नहीं है बल्कि मिलजुलकर रहो। इसलिए नया कोई आता है, तो उसकी भाषा मालूम नहीं, पंथ, सम्प्रदाय मालूम नहीं, फिर भी हम कहते हैं कि ठीक है हमारे साथ रहो। ये गुण हमारी भूमि ने हमको प्रदान किया है। 

रेगिस्तान में कोई पैदा हुआ तो वहां की भूमि से कुछ मिलने वाला है नहीं। दो ही मार्ग हैं- सेवा करो अथवा लूट कर लो। व्यापारियों के काफिले आते जाते हैं, वहां पर अच्छी सेवा करो, नहीं तो उनको लूटो। अच्छी सेवा से लूट करना ये सार्टकट है। चोरी से जल्दी मिलता है। आदमी के मन में धर्म का चिंतन नहीं होगा, तो आदमी नैतिकता से जल्दी भागता है। क्योंकि जिसका धर्म नहीं है वह अपने पेट को केवल देखता है। आहार, निद्रा, भय, मैथुनं च, ......। तो उधर भागता है, लेकिन आपको लूटना है तो लोग भी आपको लुटेंगे। तो आपको सदैव तैयार रहना है। सोल्जर कमेटी बनना है। और सेना में ऐसा है जो अपना है यह मालूम है वही अपना है, बाकी सब लोग शक के घेरे में है। इसलिए कट्टर स्वभाव अपने आप ही बनता है। 

जिनके भूमि से बहुत ज्यादा मिलता नहीं, जीवन की आवश्यकता पूरी करनी है तो सागर लांघकर जाने के लिए नौकानयन करना पड़ता है, व्यापार करना पड़ता है। वो नौकानयन के साहसी स्वभाव के साथ-साथ व्यापार का कपट भी अपने स्वभाव में ले आते हैं। हम देखते हैं ऐसे ही स्वभाव चलता है।

हम लोगों को बार-बार वहां से विस्थापित क्यों होना पड़ा है। हमारी अपनी कमियां जो कुछ भी होंगी, वो होगी। लेकिन उसका वाह्य कारण या निमित्त कारण है यह कट्टरता। और इस कट्टरता का उपाय हमारे पास है। यदि हम वहां रहते हैं तो इस कट्टरता के विष को समाप्त कर देंग। लेकिन ये जो हमारा स्वभाव है यह अपनी भूमि के कारण बना है। और इसलिए भूमि से वियोग यानी अपने स्वभाव से वियोग। तो स्वभाव छोड़ने वालों का क्या होता है, ठीक नहीं होता है। अपने स्वभाव से वियुक्त नहीं होना चाहते तो अपनी भूमि से भी वियुक्त नहीं होना चाहते। इसलिए मैं अपने घर में रहूं, अपने जमीन पर रहूं। आप लीगलिटी या मोरलिटी में मत जाइए। ये बिल्कुस सत्य मांग है। ये तर्क वाली बात नहीं है। सत्य तर्क के परे ही होता है। दोनों हाथ की दस उंगलियों को हम बच्चों को तर्क से कभी-कभी ग्यारह बताते हैं। तो इसका कारण यह है कि वह जानता नहीं है या उसके पास ज्ञान नहीं है। हालांकि वह समझ भी रहा है कि यह झूठ है लेकिन बड़े के सामने बुद्धि नहीं चला सकता। अंत में वह कहता है कि नहीं-नहीं आप हमको मत बरगलाओ, मैं जानता हूं कि दस उंगलिया हैं। तो अपने हृदय में हम जानते हैं और किस साक्ष्य की आवश्यकता है। 

लोग युक्तिवाद की बातें करते हैं लेकिन युक्तिवाद, तर्कवाद की बात ही नहीं है। युक्तिवाद और तर्कवाद की बातें करने वालों का इरादा ठीक नहीं। कितनी सीधी सी बात है कि कश्मीर के रहने वाले कश्मीर में रहें। लेकिन इसको लेकर बड़ा भारी बवाल और न जाने क्या-क्या हो रहा है। और इतनी सरल बात है वो हो नहीं रही। ये उल्टी नीति कब बदलती है, जब शिव जागृत होते हैं तब बदलती है। अपने हृदय के शिव को समाज व धर्म के लिए जागृत करना चाहिए। 

पहले राजनीति अपने जगह रहती थी। वह अपने मर्यादा का अतिक्रमण नहीं करती थी। हर बात में राजनीति नहीं होती थी। केवल राष्ट्र संबंध और कानून व सुव्यवस्था का नियंत्रण, इसमें राजतंत्र काम करता था। बाकी सारा समाज के नियंत्रण में था। लेकिन आज ऐसा नहीं है। मुझे नया फोन का नंबर चाहिए तो भी, गैस सिलिंडर चाहिए तो भी, सब में राजनीति आती है। कुछ न कुछ राजनीति बीच में आती है।

स्वतंत्र भारत में चार लाख विस्थापित लोग अपनी ही भूमि से उजड़ गए। ये सब ऐसे ही नहीं हुआ बल्कि इसके पीछे राजनीति ही है। इसलिए इस चर्चा में हम न पड़ें। हम इतना सोचें कि हम जहां के हैं वहां हमको स्थापित होना है। मैं यह नहीं मानता कि आप लोगों ने जाने की बात छोड़ दी है लेकिन मैं यह जरूर मानता हूं आप लोग तब तक वहां न जाएं जब तक कि भारत भक्त हिंदू सम्मानित व सुरक्षित वहां नहीं रह सकते। क्योंकि कश्मीर से हम विस्थापित कहां हुए हैं। हम तो स्वतंत्र भारत से अपने घरों से विस्थापित हुए हैं। ये भारत की चिंता का विषय है कि भारतीय नागरिक भारत के अंदर अपने घरों से निकाला जाता है। सामान्य भाषा में ऐसा हो जाए तो गुंडागर्दी के केसेज लगेंगे। लेकिन ये गुंडीगर्दी चल रही है स्वतंत्र भारत में, कानून व सुव्यवस्था सब होने के बाद। कहते हैं बाकी कानून वहां नहीं लगता क्योंकि अनुच्चेद 370 है, तो मैं कहता हूं कि इसको हटाओ। जिस किसी भी कारण से स्वतंत्र देश के नागरिक अपने घर में अपने धर्म का पालन करते हुए देशभक्त बनकर सम्मान व सुरक्षा के साथ अपनी सुरक्षा के पूर्ण मालिक बनकर नहीं रह सकते, तो उस स्थिति को बदलना चाहिए।

ये पक्की बात है, हमको इस लड़ाई के लिए सबको तैयार करना पड़ेगा। इसके लिए सारे देश को तैयार करना चाहिए। तैयारी में अनेक बातें आती हैं। आप ये मत मानें कि सारा देश आपके साथ नहीं है। इसके पहले भी हमने जनसम्पर्क अभियान कश्मीर मसले को लेकर चलाये हैं और अभी भी चल रहा है। कश्मीर का विषय लेकर स्वयंसेवक घर-घर सम्पर्क कर रहे हैं। हम तो हर स्थिति के लिए तैयार हैं। अपना तो अनुभव ऐसा है कश्मीर की समस्या में भारत के पक्ष के साथ और इस समस्या में कश्मीरी पंडितों व कश्मीरियों व हिंदुओं के दुःख-दर्द के साथ सारा समाज मन से साथ है। इससे हमारा नाता क्या है। ये केवल जमीन या पॉपर्टी नहीं कि हम इसको किसी को दे दें या बेच दें। ये हमारी माता है। आदि भावना स्पष्ट नहीं है। लेकिन ये भाव स्वार्थ के कारण धुंधली हो गई है। हम लोगों को इसको याद रखना पड़ेगा। संकट आते हैं, भयंकर संकट आते हैं, कभी-कभी लम्बे समय तक विद्यमान रहते हैं। ऐसा न हो यह हम सबकी कामना है लेकिन फिर भी होता है। ये बात ऐसी नहीं है जो वापस नहीं हो सकती। यह एक न एक दिन हम इसको वापस करके रख देंगे। इस हिम्मत को छोड़ना नहीं, इस हिम्मत को पीढ़ी दर पीढ़ी अपने नए लोगों में जगना चाहिए।

इस्रायल के लोग अपनी भूमि से 18 सौ साल बाहर रहे। कश्मीर से हम बाहर हैं लेकिन हमको अपना कहने के लिए पूरा भारत है और हमको अपना कहने वाला पूरा भारत भारतीय समाज है। यहूदियों को ऐसा नहीं था। लेकिन फिर भी वो कहते रहे, लोग हंसते थे और कहते थे कि यह कैसा सपना देख रहे हो तुम, अब हजार साल हो गए फिर भी वही कह रहे हो तुम कि हम अगले साल अपने त्यौहारों में येरुशल जाएंगे। आप हजार साल में नहीं जा पाए तो अब क्या जा पाओगे। लेकिन इस्रायल ने याद रखा। अपनी पीढ़ी दर पीढ़ी इस बात को जगाए रखा। इस्रायल दुनिया का सामर्थ्य सम्पन्न राष्ट्र यहूदी राष्ट्र के नाते दुनिया के सामने फिर से खड़ा हो गया।

लेकिन कश्मीर के संदर्भ में हमको इतना समय नहीं लगेगा। यहां बैठे हुए सबको लम्बी उम्र प्राप्त हो। सौ साल जो जी लेंगे वो अपनी आंखों के सामने देखेंगे कि फिर से कभी भी विस्थापित न होने के लिए हमारे हिंदू बंधु कश्मीर में फिर से अपने घरों में बस जाएंगे। हम देखेंगे उस बात को। इस निश्चय से इस बात को याद रखना और अपनी अगली पीढ़ी को पढ़ाना। दूसरी बात है कि इसके लिए जो करना है वो सब कुछ करना। केवल आपको ही नहीं करना बल्कि आपको तो करना है ही। इसके लिए पूरे भारत को भी करना पड़ेगा। 

शिव जी के जीवन में एक ही लक्ष्य था। सतत् ब्रह्माभि संधा...। इतनी विचित्र गृहस्थी दूसरे किसी और की नहीं है। पार्वती जी दुर्गा के रूप में सिंह की सवारी करती हैं तो पास में नंदी भी बैठा है। इतना सारा समन्वय करते हुए विविधता से परिपूर्ण परिवार चलाना लेकिन ये करते हुए भी अपना ब्रह्माभि संधा... नहीं झुकने देना। यही शिव जी करते हैं। ऐसा जीवन जीकर दिखाना, ये उनका लक्ष्य है। बाकी उनको कुछ नहीं चाहिए, वे सर्वस्व त्यागी हैं। सारे देश के संदर्भ में भारतीयों को ऐसा करने का समय आ गया है। कश्मीरी बंधुओं के लिए विशेष एक बात जुड़ गई है कि हम अपने जन्मस्थान की भूमि से विस्थापित हैं। हम अपने घर से दूर भी अपनी ही भूमि पर हैं लेकिन अपने घर में नहीं हैं। वह भूमि भारत का अभिन्न अंग है। इसलिए उस विशेष तैयारी के साथ हम सब लोग प्रयास करें। 

मैं जब कश्मीरी भाइयों को देखता हूं तो मेरे मन में अनायास ही आदर व सम्मान का भाव पैदा हो जाता है। लाख कष्टों को झेलते हुए भी वे लोग भारत के हैं। क्योंकि हम हिंदू हैं। हम संबंधों को मानते हैं। हम सौदों को नहीं मानते। भारतीय माटी में रचे-बसे हैं। हमें मातृभूमि की सारी दुनिया में प्रतिष्ठा के लिए जीवन जीना है। आपकी इस जीवट को मेरा प्रणाम है, उस जीवट को लगातार कायम रखने की आवश्यकता है। उस जीवट के बल पर ही हम अपनी मातृभूमि का सम्मान और अपना सम्मान वापस लाएंगे। आपका सबका धन्यवाद।


(उपरोक्त आलेख राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के सरसंघचालक डॉ. मोहनराव मधुकर भागवत द्वारा ‘सामूहिक शिवरात्रि (हेरथ) महोत्सव – 2011’ में दिए गए उद्बोधन का संपादित अंश है। इसका आयोजन 27 फरवरी 2011 को ‘जम्मू-कश्मीर विचार मंच’ के तत्वावधान में दिल्ली के फिक्की ऑडिटोरियम में किया गया था।)

Kashmir Issue: Myths and Reality

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Kashmir issue is a widely contested issue between India and Pakistan. Ever since the country was partitioned on a narrow sectarian out look of Two-nation theory in 1947 and emergence of two independent sovereign states the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir has become a bone of contention among claims and counter claims by different groups and political shades. In the process the worst hit has been the facts. Every one is interpreting and reproducing basic facts according to their convenience. Continued abuse of facts has resulted in creation of certain myths that are now being circulated as facts. It is to clear the dust and reproduce these facts as they are that we are undertaking this exercise.

Myth No 1 :

Kashmir is Jammu and Kashmir

One of the very basic distortions about the issue of J&K is that Kashmir means Jammu & Kashmir. This is  a deliberate attempt to mislead public opinion.

The Fact is that the state of Jammu and Kashmir comprises of several regions and Kashmir is just one and the smallest division as for as area is concerned. Jammu and Kashmir princely state (including Jammu, Kashmir, Northern Areas, Ladakh, Trans-Karakoram Tract and Aksai Chin) Other major regions of the state  as per present  administrative control are as :

1.     Jammu

2.     Kashmir

3.     Laddakh

4.      Gilgat Baltistan

5.     Chinese Ocuupied Kashmir

6.     Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.

The total area of Jammu Kashmir as it existed on and before 15th August 1947 is 2,22,336 Sq.Km.  Pakistan Occupied an area of 83,294 sq. Kms. ( 37.4%) in 1947. out of which it gifted 5180 Sq. Kms to China in 1963.

Area occupied by China in 1962 is 37555 Sq. Kms (16.8% ). Therefore essentially total Area under illegal occupation of China and Pakistan is 1,20,849 Sq. Kms. That is 54.37%

Kashmir province is  just 15.63% of the part of the state that is under administrative control of India. Out of the total area of 1,01,387 Sq. Kms.  (45.62%)  Ladakh Division comprises of 59241 Sq.Kms.  (  26.65%  of  original state &  58.43% of state remaining with India) ;Jammu Division is 26293 Sq. Kms.    (11.83% of actual state &   25.93% of Indian administered parts); while Kashmir Province is only 15853 Sq. Kms.  That is 7.13% of original state and 15.63% of the state at present with India. Therefore the  Kashmir is just a small province of Jammu and Kashmir.

Myth No 2 :

Jammu and Kashmir Acceded to India but did not merge with it, thus making the accession conditional.

Nothing can be farther from the truth than this atrocious statement.  Fact is that the state of Jammu and Kashmir acceded to the dominion of India in pretty much the same manner as did any other Princely state. Ruler of the state, the only legally authorized person to sign the Instrument of Accession signed absolutely the same instrument deed as was signed by about 600 other rulers of native states. This was done according to the legal requirements necessitated under Indian Independence Act 1947 of the British Parliament. Signature on the deed of Accession and subsequent acceptance of the same by Governor General was the only way to make these states as an integral part of the country.

As far as merger issue is concerned, it is a deliberate attempt to confuse people. No other Princely state, repeat none merged with Indian dominion after Acceding. There was no instrument of merger on the pattern of Instrument of Accession. Yes certain tiny native states merged together to form a viable administrative unit in the independent India. But this merger amongst them had no affect on the overall integrity of the country. J&K was the largest state and hence administratively viable so there was no need to merge it with others or vice versa.

Myth No 3:

 Under partition plan and two-nation theory Muslim majority J&K should have gone to Pakistan.

 This is absolute non sense. Two nation theory was applicable to British India only. Native states were not to be divided. The rulers of these states were authorized to join either of the two dominions.

Myth No 4:  

Kashmir has never been a Part of India.

 Again a willful distortion.   Jammu and Kashmir behaved exactly in the same manner as did any other part of the nation. India as we understand it today was not always under one political regime. One or the other part of the country was  under separate political rulers. But it continued to be a sigle nation.Jammu akshmir was no different.

Myth No 5:

India promised right of self determination to people of Kashmir. 

 India did not promise any plebiscite under the instrument of accession. There was neither any need nor the scope for such a promise. Neither cabinet meeting nor any other government of India decision making body decided to give a promise of any such kind to any native state.

Myth No  6 :  

People of J&K are up against India.

 Fact is that people of J&K are as much Indian as are the people from any other state. It is only a small section of population provoked by Pakistan and pampered by New Delhi that is creating the impression.

Myth No 7:

Separatist movement in Kashmir is indigenous in character.

The fact that Pakistan is sponsoring separatist tendency in Kashmir valley using religion as a toll and in fact militarizing the discontent is a well known fact, established by even the official documents of the government of Pakistan and its rulers.

Myth No 8:

India is Holding Kashmir by mere force.

 That simply is not possible. No country can retain any territory by force. It is the common past and a common future that binds the people of this country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Kashmir is a proud symbol of ancient civilization and modern nationhood of India.

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Kashmir Hindus: Forsaken, forgotten for 21 years

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The Kashmiri Hindu community despite homelessness and horrendous ethnic cleansing has survived and will survive. It is the tenacity to weather any storm and belief in its values and morals that has kept the Kashmiri Hindu alive, says Lalit Koul.

January 19 is an insignificant day for most of the people around the world. It comes and goes and nobody notices. But for the last 21 years, for one community, it is the day that brings back frightening and dreadful memories.

It is the day when 21 years ago final nail in the coffin of forsaken community of Kashmiri Hindus was hammered. It was the day when Islamic terrorists and their sympathisers gave 24 hours eviction notice to Kashmiri Hindus. It was the day when the threats ofRaliv, Galiv Ya Chaliv (Convert, die or escape) replaced the sounds of evening Azaan (prayers) from majority of mosques in the valley of Kashmir.

It was the day when so-called secularism died in Kashmir. It was the fateful day when humans lost and beasts took over. It was the day that will remain etched in the memories of Kashmiri Hindus worldwide because on this day they lost the most precious thing they had -- their homeland.

And did rest of the world care?

No. Not then, not now.

It has been 21 years since first shots of Kashmiri Hindus' ethnic cleansing were fired loud and clear from the ramparts of mosques in the Kashmir valley. And it has been 21 long years of neglect, apathy and carelessness on the part of all the successive governments both in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and the capital Delhi.

Kashmiri Hindu refugees who were overnight made homeless on January 19, 1990 have been moving from pillar to post, demanding their fundamental rights. But no one cares. No one has time for this community because they are too small a number to matter. It is a shame that the one and only symbol of India in the valley, the Kashmiri Hindus, are treated as pariahs by the government.

If it were not for Kashmiri Hindus and their steadfast belief in the Indian constitution and tricolour, Kashmir would have been lost two decades ago. Sadly that stark realisation is lost on the Indian polity and government.

It is not mere governments that have ignored this refugee community of patriots and nationalists. Even the media has forgotten its responsibility of highlighting the cause of those who do not have a voice. These days, the mainstream media is more interested in knowing what goes on inside the four walls of the Big Boss' house than fighting for the fundamental rights of those who have been wronged.

Some leading journalists instead of focusing on ethnic cleansing issues like those of Kashmiri Hindus' have converted the noble profession of journalism into tabloid yellow journalism and are busy lobbying for political parties. It is a shame that in a free country like ours with free press, half a million Kashmiri Hindus have been hounded out of their homes and hearths and mainstream media has continued to ignore this for 21 years.

But having said that, the Kashmiri Hindu is a survivor. Islamic terrorists thought they could annihilate and eradicate Kashmiri Hindu community from the face of this earth but they miserably failed in their mission.

The Kashmiri Hindu community despite homelessness and horrendous ethnic cleansing survived and will survive. It is the Kashmiri Hindu's tenacity to weather any storm and belief in its values and morals that has kept the Kashmiri Hindu alive. While Kashmiri Hindus are starting their 22nd year in exile, they will never give up their dream and demand of reclaiming their homeland.

In spite of extreme apathy shown by the world, Kashmiri Hindus will continue to fight for their fundamental rights and homeland in the Vale of Kashmir. Indian governments, Human Rights organisations, the media, and other world bodies might continue to ignore one of the largest ethnic cleansing in the recent times, but that will not shake off Kashmiri Hindus from their just path to their dream.

Nothing can or will break their will.

The dream shall live on. The fight will go on.

Lalit Koul is the president of Indo-American Kashmir Forum and editor of Kashmir Herald.

The mystery of missing thousand miles in J&K

http://www.samachar.com/The-mystery-of-missing-thousand-miles-in-JK-kmtjKbjibef.html

As questions of territorial sovereignty return to the centrestage in Sino-Indian relations, Beijing has added a new twist to the long-running boundary dispute between the two countries by knocking off nearly 1,600 km from its definition of China’s border with India.
A Xinhua report from Beijing earlier this week on the eve of premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to India described the Sino-Indian border as nearly 2,000-km long. The Indian count of the operational border is a lot longer at nearly 3,500 km (not taking into account the line separating Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and China). The discrepancy is too large to be treated as an inadvertent error in Beijing.
So, where did the hundreds of kilometers disappear? China apparently no longer treats the line of nearly 1,600 km separating Jammu and Kashmir on the one hand and Xinjiang and Tibet on the other as a border with India.
China’s recasting of the length of the border with India appears to be part of the Kashmir puzzle that Beijing has unveiled in recent years. The other pieces include the recent policy of issuing stapled visas to Indian citizens from J&K, the reluctance to host a visit by the Northern Commander of the Indian Army Lt. Gen. B.S. Jaswal, the dramatic expansion of the Chinese activity in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir that includes the modernisation of the Karakoram Highway and the plans to construct a new rail line and oil pipeline between Kashgar in Xinjiang and the Gwadar port on Pakistan’s Makran coast.
Xinhua’s reference to 2,000 km of Sino-Indian border was based on an official briefing by the Assistant Foreign Minister of China, Hu Zhengyue to the Beijing press corps on Monday.
Minister Hu’s shortening of the border with India does not appear to be a one-off comment. The figure 2,000 km appears to have become the new normal in the official Chinese characterisation of the border with India.
A day before Wen arrived in India, The Global Times—an English language newspaper published by the People’s Daily, the official organ of the Chinese Communist Party—contradicted the Indian figure of 3,500 km for the operational border between the two nations.
In an interview with the Indian Ambassador to China, S. Jaishankar, the Global Times asked about the reported tensions on the border. In response, Jaishankar said, “The reality contradicts any alarmist depiction of the situation on the border, whether in India or in China. We have a long common border of 3,488 km.”
In publishing the interview in its Tuesday’s editions, the editors of the Global Times chose to add in parenthesis the following: “There is no settled length of the common border. The Chinese government often refers to the border length as being ‘about 2,000 km.”
Given Beijing’s new emphasis on a shorter border with India, Delhi can’t ignore the issue any longer. After all, the Chinese are quite careful and very definitive in articulating their boundary claims.
Beijing’s official figure for the Indian border at about 2,000 km makes sense only if the boundary between J&K and China is disregarded. From the Indian count, the western sector that covers the frontier of Jammu & Kashmir is 1,597 km (nearly 1,000 miles).
For decades now, Delhi and Beijing have discussed, as a mater of routine, the western sector of J&K as part of their boundary talks. The first signs of trouble on the western sector came nearly a decade ago during NDA tenure, when Delhi tried to exchange maps of the border with Beijing as part of an effort to clarify the Line of Actual Control on their vast frontiers.
The maps for the central sector were quickly exchanged; but Beijing was reluctant to do the same in the western sector. Part of the problem was said to be Chinese concern about Pakistan’s sensitivity to the delineation of the Sino-Indian border in J&K.
The new Chinese approach to the western sector reveals that India’s problem could be much larger than the question of stapled visas. It might be about a fundamental ambivalence in Beijing about India’s sovereignty over J&K.
Just as the Chinese decision to call Arunachal Pradesh as ‘South Tibet’ has begun to gain international traction, the repeated references to the length of Sino-Indian border as 2,000 km is bound to have an impact on the global discourse about J&K.
Beijing’s new position underlines China’s centrality in J&K. While the Indian debate on Kashmir is usually focussed on Pakistan, China’s presence in the state might be emerging as a decisive new factor.
India claims that China is in occupation of nearly 38,000 sq km of Indian territory in the Ladakh region of J&K. China is also in control of nearly 5,000 sq km of Shaksgam valley in PoK ceded by Islamabad to Beijing in March 1963.
Until now India has sought to negotiate its territorial disputes in Kashmir separately with Pakistan and China. India might now have to come to terms with the changing geopolitics of J&K, where India’s two fronts with Pakistan and China come together.

Kashmir Issue Myths and Reality

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 Kashmir issue is a widely contested issue between India and Pakistan. Ever since the country was partitioned on a narrow sectarian out look of Two-nation theory in 1947 and emergence of two independent sovereign states the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir has become a bone of contention among claims and counter claims by different groups and political shades. In the process the worst hit has been the facts. Every one is interpreting and reproducing basic facts according to their convenience. Continued abuse of facts has resulted in creation of certain myths that are now being circulated as facts. It is to clear the dust and reproduce these facts as they are that we are undertaking this exercise.

Myth Number one : Kashmir is Jammu and Kashmir

One of the very basic distortions about the issue of J&K is that Kashmir means Jammu & Kashmir. This is  a deliberate attempt to mislead public opinion.
The Fact is that the state of Jammu and Kashmir comprises of several regions and Kashmir is just one and the smallest division as for as area is concerned.  Jammu and Kashmir princely state (including Jammu, Kashmir, Northern Areas, Ladakh, Trans-Karakoram Tract and Aksai Chin) Other major regions of the state  as per present  administrative control are as :
  Jammu
  Kashmir
  Laddakh
 Gilgat Baltistan
 Chinese Ocuupied Kashmir
 Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
The total area of Jammu Kashmir as it existed on and before 15th August 1947 is 2,22,336 Sq.Km.  Pakistan Occupied an area of 83,294 sq. Kms. ( 37.4%) in 1947. out of which it gifted 5180 Sq. Kms to China in 1963.
Area occupied by China in 1962 is 37555 Sq. Kms (16.8% ). Therefore essentially total Area under illegal occupation of China and Pakistan is 1,20,849 Sq. Kms. That is 54.37%


Kashmir province is  just 15.63% of the part of the state that is under administrative control of India. Out of the total area of 1,01,387 Sq. Kms.  (45.62%)  Ladakh Division comprises of 59241 Sq.Kms.  (  26.65%  of  original state &  58.43% of state remaining with India) ;Jammu Division is 26293 Sq. Kms.    (11.83% of actual state &   25.93% of Indian administered parts); while Kashmir Province is only 15853 Sq. Kms.  That is 7.13% of original state and 15.63% of the state at present with India.
Therefore the  Kashmir is just a small province of Jammu and Kashmir.


Myth No 2 : Jammu and Kashmir Acceded to India but did not merge with it, thus making the accession conditional.

Nothing can be farther from the truth than this atrocious statement.  Fact is that the state of Jammu and Kashmir acceded to the dominion of India in pretty much the same manner as did any other Princely state. Ruler of the state, the only legally authorized person to sign the Instrument of Accession signed absolutely the same instrument deed as was signed by about 600 other rulers of native states. This was done according to the legal requirements necessitated under Indian Independence Act 1947 of the British Parliament. Signature on the deed of Accession and subsequent acceptance of the same by Governor General was the only way to make these states as an integral part of the country.
As far as merger issue is concerned, it is a deliberate attempt to confuse people. No other Princely state, repeat none merged with Indian dominion after Acceding. There was no instrument of merger on the pattern of Instrument of Accession. Yes certain tiny native states merged together to form a viable administrative unit in the independent India. But this merger amongst them had no affect on the overall integrity of the country. J&K was the largest state and hence administratively viable so there was no need to merge it with others or vice versa.


Myth No 3: Under partition plan and two-nation theory Muslim majority J&K should have gone to Pakistan.

 This is absolute non sense. Two nation theory was applicable to British India only. Native states were not to be divided. The rulers of these states were authorized to join either of the two dominions.


Myth No 4: Kashmir has never been a Part of India.

 Again a willful distortion.   Jammu and Kashmir behaved exactly in the same manner as did any other part of the nation. India as we understand it today was not always under one political regime. One or the other part of the country was  under separate political rulers. But it continued to be a sigle nation.Jammu akshmir was no different.


Myth No 5: India promised right of self determination to people of Kashmir.

India did not promise any plebiscite under the instrument of accession. There was neither any need nor the scope for such a promise. Neither cabinet meeting nor any other government of India decision making body decided to give a promise of any such kind to any native state.

Myth No  6 : People of J&K are up against India.

 Fact is that people of J&K are as much Indian as are the people from any other state. It is only a small section of population provoked by Pakistan and pampered by New Delhi that is creating the impression.

Myth No 7:Separatist movement in Kashmir is indigenous in character

The fact that Pakistan is sponsoring separatist tendency in Kashmir valley using religion as a toll and in fact militarizing the discontent is a well known fact, established by even the official documents of the government of Pakistan and its rulers.

Myth No 8: India is Holding Kashmir by mere force.

 That simply is not possible. No country can retain any territory by force. It is the common past and a common future that binds the people of this country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Kashmir is a proud symbol of ancient civilization and modern nationhood of India.



Courtesy: Amit Arya And Indians Are Great

Mirpur massacre of 1947: The forgotten people

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Mirpur massacre of 1947
By Dr. Ram Chander Sharma

Courtesy : Kashmir Study Group

After the Timur massacre of Delhi in 1358, the massacre of Mirpur a bustling trade centre and historic walled city of Jammu and Kashmir now in Pak Occupied Kashmir on 25th of Nov. 1947 was the worst massacre of Indian history. As the offer of accession by Maharaja was accepted by Govt of India on 26th of Oct. 1947 after India and Pakistan gained independence, the ill fated Hindu and Sikh minorities living Muslim majority western areas of Jammu region and in Kashmir valley were waiting their Dooms day. The decision of accession of J&K with India and its completed merger with India as its integral part was celebrated like "Diwali" in Mirpur with lighting of candles and bursting of crackers. But, the recently declassified British Government documents reveal that the United Kingdom had decided that the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir or part of it must go to Pakistan for strategic reasons of importance, of Jhelum bridge, irrigation/hydroelectric potentials of Mangla dam in Mirpur for the economic needs of Pakistan and the need of an air base in western J&K close to Russia and China. The creation of Pakistan was itself for the strategic reasons to counter the growing military influence of Soviet Union after World War II. Due to its proximity with China and Russia, presence of warm water sea port of Karachi and the interests of western oil companies in central Asia made Pakistan important.

Soon after the independence, Pakistan conceived a military plan to attack Jammu and Kashmir. Code named "Gulmarg" it was placed under the close guidance of British military officers. Pashtun tribes Lashkers from Dir and Waziristan areas were roped in under the direct command of Col. Akbar Lone of Pak army code named Gen. Tariq and soon armed attacks and looting started in early Sept. in Poonch and Kotli area, about 400 looters entered Owen on 2nd and 3rd Sept, followed by Pak regular army and ex army men. The town of Bhimber fell at the same time when Indian troops were air lifted of Srinagar on 27th of Oct. 1947. The population of the town swelled from 3000 to 5000 with Hindu migrants from the adjoining areas. All assembled in a small tehsil building - women and children were taken hostage while the males were put to sword. Soon, other areas fell one after another and the focus of attention and sending the Indian reinforcement was valley centric as Pt. Nehru completely gave the command of troops movement to Sheikh Mohd Abdulla side lining Sardar Patel.

The population of Mirpur swelled from 10000 to 25000 with Hindus and Sikhs migrating form nearby areas and Jhelum. A garrison of Maharaja Forces were stationed in the town. People made the fortified defenses on the roof tops and on the ground by digging trenches and groups of youths were assigned the job of vigilance round the clock with primitive weapons. Many advances of the enemy were repulsed till the town fell on 25th Nov 1947. Pakistan army started using modern weapons and artillery to break the walls of town. There were no supply as the town was already cut off by the fall of Bhimber in October itself; the only hope was the air dropping of supplies of food and ammunition by air till the reinforcements of Indian army reach to push away the enemy. Frantic massages were sent to Jammu over the wireless by Maharaja Forces to Jammu but in vain. Many of the forceful attacks of the enemy were repulsed. A major attack was carried out by the enemy on 23rd of Nov 1947 from the main eastern gate and was repulsed by the death squads of Mirpuri youths in hand to hand fight. In a bad luck the only wireless equipment with the state forces broke down and the fresh stronger attack by the enemy forces on 24th morning frightened the state forces who left the battle scene with the information to the civil population to move to safer places. The ensuing fierce fighting through out the next night put the enemy at bay till morning when they broke the western gate of the city next morning by using heavy artillery. The blood thirsty Pak army and tribal marauder entered the city around 8 a.m. in the morning. Under chaos and confusion people ran around terrified and the city was set on fire by the invaders. Soon poison was distributed to the women to end their lives and not to fall into the hands of enemy. Many who didn't get the poison were done to deaths with swords by their fathers and bothers. The dance of death continued till afternoon and at the end of day 18000 people were slaughtered in most barbaric way of the human history by Pak army and tribls. Five thousand people most of them women and children were taken hostages and taken to Alibeg Gurudawara Sahib which was converted to a concentration camp. Only 2000 people could reach Janger on foot and then escorted by Indian army to Jammu refugee camp. The hapless women and young girls abducted went thorough worst sex orgies of rape and violence. The whole of Mirpur was latter dugout to loot the wealth worth billions of Rupees beside gold and silver

The other towns of Jammu province as Rajouri fell on 10th of Nov. where the population swell from 6000 to 11000 with the influx of refugees from the adjoining villages. Most of population was done to death and less than 100 could escape the jaw of death.

PoK Refugees the heroic Pohwari tribe who fought the foreign invaders from the ancient times are now living in abject poverty in camps and are told to be repatriated as soon as India takes back PoK areas which are the integral part of India through a resolution of Indian Parliament of 1994. Unlike the refuges of Indian Punjab and Bengal whose cases of compensation and land allotment were settled amicably by India and Pakistan, the PoK Refugees still are labelled as DPs of J&K and are not given the benefits of UN Refugee Status of 1951 or other benefits extended to Tibetan Refugees or migrants form Kashmir valley after 1989. The sacrifices of PoK Refugees of Muzaffarabad kept the enemy engaged for four days till the Indian army was air dropped in Srinagar e sacrifices of people of Mirpur delayed the enemy for a month till the besieged Poonch was freed and a vital link of Poonch to Jammu and western Punjab was saved from falling into the hands of Pakistan.

On this day Mirpur Balidan Divas is observed by the PoK Refugees in Delhi Jammu, Sunderbani, Poonch, Udhampur and other parts of India where the community is settled. It is still not too late for India to tell the world the other side story of Accession of Jammu and Kashmir with India and forward the case of genocide to UN to punish the perpetrators, settle all the demands and build a war memorial for the Martyrs of Mirpur.