10 Best Ancient Temples in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is famous for its natural splendour, rich culture, and a glorious history of art and architecture. Exemplifying this beautiful architecture are several...
Category : History
How Kashmir Got its Name
Jammu and Kashmir, also known as the Paradise on Earth, rightly so, for its pristine natural beauty, is world-famous for the snow-capped mountains, diverse plant...
Gilgit-Baltistan: A Brief Outline of the History
The history of Gilgit-Baltistan, especially the one related to Kashmir, can be traced back to 1846, when it became a part of the erstwhile J&K....
2005 Delhi Multiple Bombings: Extension of the Kashmir Conflict
On October 29, 2005, just a few days before Diwali (the festival of lights), the national capital of India went dark. Three bomb blasts in...
Kashmir Attack 1947 – Not a Kabaili Raid, but an Intentional Invasion!
The Kashmir we see today is the culmination of several disruptive and disturbing events that occurred across the valley, precisely two months after independence, in...
Accession Day October 26: Jammu and Kashmir Association with India
Accession Day holds significance for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, as it commemorates the day when Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of...
October 22, The Black day – Remembering 1947 Kashmir Invasion
October 22, 1947, about a couple of months after Independence, marks a critical day in Kashmir’s history. It was on this day that Pakistani army...
Looking Back at the Bijbehara Massacre
On October 22, 1993, at the Bijbehara town in Kashmir, an incident occurred between protestors and the 74th Battalion of the Border Security Force, which...