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Uprising
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Jaildar, Habib ullah Malik, Prof. Umer Din, Abdul Aziz
Batt and Talib Bhalessi.
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The history of the state lacks absurdly the evidence of
viewpoints made by majority of unsung heroes of the
state on the trouble torn Kashmir. Their Kashmir policy,
handling the situation of communal disharmony over
time, the pages of history are absurdly lacking the
mention of such epitomes of peace who played acted as
a catalyst for the cementing Hindu Muslim amity during
a course of time.
Ghulam Rasool Azad was very sensitive over the
issue on Kashmir. As a freedom fighter, he pleaded the
cause of minority community and shouted for Hindu
Muslim relations. The fact reveals that he is not in the
history owing to his belonging from improvised Jammu
region. Even sheikh sahib himself once that if Kashmir
region can produce leaders like Azad, like of Jammu
region, it may go a long way to help in achieving the
slogan of Naya Kashmir.
Azad opposed the prevalent Propaganda of
heartedness disseminated by the political forces of that
time.
Moreover his policy on Kashmir was quite clear that
he advocated that that the issue should not be put in
isolation.
Azad being a renowned journalist wrote in his
owned weekly “Dahr” where he opposed the foreign
imperialism and the atrocities and discrimination meted
by the Muslim minority. He opined that Kashmir is a
commodity discovered from where? Is it discovered from
Aligarh to Jamsheedpur to Ranchi, Ahmedabad to
Kanpur or Jabulpur to Sagar or Nagpur, from Indore and
samba ?
As per his analysis, the issue has been discovered
from the central departments and military, department
of posts and Railways and Banks and has finally
discovered here in Jammu and Kashmir where the
Muslim minority is being harassed and there is of late
discrimination meted to them, Azad pointed in his
weekly “The Dehr”. He was sensitive over the central
government’s faith towards the minority of Bihar, UP,
Delhi, Bangal, Maharashtra, Gujrat and Orrisa and
suggested the centre for Justice with the community. He
was of the opinion that be it the central government or
the stations of chauvinism, these be stopped and
ultimately the Kashmir issue will be stopped. However,
such an ideology of Azad, was endorsed by the BJP
leader Sh. L.K Advani on 21st of June 1990 in Calcutta
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during his speech like this: “ Over the years, instead
of looking upon the Muslims as part of Indian masses,
the congress by its actions, has segregated the
community and turned it into an instrument of electoral
politics by talking about the so called “Muslim Voters”.
Mr. Advani appealed the community in Calcutta to
consider the Muslim as Part of Indian nation.
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“Kashmir issue is neither “Hamara Androoni
Mamla” or “Our integral part” as such, nor terrorism
sponsored by Pakistan nor can the two nation theory of
1930, 1940 or 1947 be applied to the Kashmir of 1993”.
Azad further writes,” Kashmir is neither Punjab nor
Afghanistan, It is Kashmir” (Jammu and Kashmir only).