This Is A Book On The Role Of Kashmir In The Freedom Movement By A Kashmiri Who Migrated To Pakistan.

Kashmir is one of the most protracted and bloody occupations in the world—and one of the most ignored. Under an Indian military rule that, at half a million strong, exceeds the total number of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, freedom of speech is non-existent, and human- rights abuses and atrocities are routinely visited on its Muslim-majority population. In the last two decades alone, over seventy thousand people have died. Ignored by its own corrupt politicians, abandoned by Pakistan and the West, which refuses to bring pressure to bear on its regional ally, India, the Kashmiri people’s ongoing quest for justice and self- determination continues to be brutally suppressed. Exploring the causes and consequences of the occupation, Kashmir: The Case for Freedom is a passionate call for the end of occupation, and for the right of self- determination for the Kashmiri people.

Papers presented at a seminar organized by the History Department of Kashmir University, September 1978.

Chiefly covers the period, 1931-1947.

This book is a detailed chronology of important events marking the more than 50 year struggle of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for their fundamental rights. Brief descriptions by date are provided and the significance of important developments are highlighted in straight and unemotive language with scrupulous adherence to facts. While the first part is a chronicle of important events, starting with the presentation in 1924 by the Muslim notables of Srinagar of a memorandum to the British Viceroy regarding the Maharaja's misrule, the second part is made up of questions and answers covering every major aspect of the Kashmir dispute. The answers are derived from a paper originally written by M. Yousuf Buch in an international conference on Kashmir in 1993.