I explained in my post which you did not bother to read ...... as long militancy is prevlant in the valley ...... it will remain so.** Let there be no fear of " gun" , then we can see what stops people from taking part in the celebrations**.
People are getting killed for just voicing their opinion. Today if you have a political worker voicing his support for India ..... he can be killed by the militants ... why is it so ? Why is it that the separatist leadership have to "warn" people not to vote in elections. Why are they afraid of people voting? Is it that kashmiri's do not understand why they are voting?
Provide authentic proof from neutral sources (not Indian sources) that militancy is the reason as to why that region of Kashmir shuts down on the Indian independence day.
There is no way anyone can kill off an entire town/city just for celebrating something. That is an absurd argument!
By the way, you left some questions unanswered from my previous post.
As far as this discussion goes, we are not here to discuss what " you" consider about being " Indian" territory. We are talking about history and you made a statement that Kashmir was independent of " going on" in the sub continent. Which was not true ...... So now you agree that Kashmir was part of " going on" in the sub continent.
I said Kashmir was independent of goings on in the Subcontinent for most of the past 2,000 years...a statement you have yet to disprove. As for the past 500 years, the only thing distinguishing Kashmir from an undisputedly independent nation like Afghanistan is the 100 or so years of British colonization.
Like I said, your entire "Indian" identity seems to based on the British colonial holdings in South Asia, and nothing more.
I explained in my post which you did not bother to read ...... as long militancy is prevlant in the valley ...... it will remain so. Let there be no fear of " gun" , then we can see what stops people from taking part in the celebrations.
Why didn't people celebrate Indian independence prior to 1989 then?
Why is it that the separatist leadership have to "warn" people not to vote in elections.
On the same token, if Kashmiris are so eager to vote, why do Indian soliders in many areas have to drag them to the polls and force them to so?
Why didn't people celebrate Indian independence prior to 1989 then?
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As much as you like to believe otherwise , it was celebrated ......
Read this
This report correctly contrasts the situation between the world’s largest secular democracy which has devolved structures at all levels – India, including Jammu and Kashmir – and Pakistan, which still lacks full implementation of democracy in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and has yet to take steps towards democracy in Gilgit and Baltistan. It also highlights the fact that there is considerable evidence that over many years Pakistan has provided Kashmiri militants with training, weapons, funding and sanctuary and has encouraged militants to commit atrocities on the Indian-administered side. It takes a firm line on human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir.
Emma Nicholson, MEP “The ancient and unique heritage of the Kashmiri people”
Janab this one is for you
In Gilgit and Baltistan, the people are kept in poverty, illiteracy and backwardness
Some more
It is also constructive as it highlights the common heritage shared by India and Pakistan, exemplified in the ancient culture of Jammu and Kashmir, and recognises and values the pluralism, multiculturalism and multi-faith nature and secular traditions of the peoples of Jammu and Kashmir, which have been kept alive in the Indian part of Jammu and Kashmir
As much as you like to believe otherwise , it was celebrated ......
Based on what...your wishful thinking?
As far back as I or my parents can remember, the only people in Kashmir who celebrate Indian independence are same people who do so today...Kashmiri civil servants who are forced to attend the official celebrations to keep the head count up, and Indian soldiers/officials.