KASHMIR THE CURRENT

ISSUE
AAMIR GHADAI -1
ASHISH HANDE -2
ADITYA DESHMUKH -3
AKSHAY SALUNKHE -4
ALKESH MAHYAVANSHI -5
 KASHMIR

KA SHIMEER
(The water) A desiccate)
(to

“So the word Kashmir implies land desiccated from

water”
 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
INDIA
CHINA 20%
JAMMU&
AKSAI-CHIN KASHMIR,
LADAKH,
SAICHIIN
GLACIER
43%

37%
INDIA
PAKISTAN PAKISTAN
AZAD KASHMIR , CHINA
NORTHERN AREAS
OF GILGIT AND
BALTISTAN
 HISTORY OF KASHMIR
 Ruled by Maharaja Hari Singh
 1947,option of joining India or Pakistan or remaining
independent
 Choice of independence
 Invasion of Pakistani tribesmen in 1947
 Hari Singh appeals to India for help
 India refusal to help, unless he acceded to India
 “Instrument of Accession” signed on Oct 26 1947
 Event triggers the first India-Pakistan war
 Disputed territory
 India approaches UN to end territorial dispute
 UN agrees to India's demand, tells Pakistan to
withdraw forces from Jammu & Kashmir
 The UN tell people of Kashmir to join either
India or Pakistan through a process called
“referendum or plebiscite”
 Due to its unresolved nature regarded as a “disputed
territory”
 Several UN resolution calling India or Pakistan to
allow a UN administered plebiscite
VOILENCE CONTINUES IN KASHMIR
 Pakistan does not accept Kashmir as a part of
India
 Pakistan is trying to keep the violence alive in
Kashmir
 And the people who suffer are the people of
Kashmir
 CURRENT ISSUES
 100 lives claimed in the last three months
 Schools remain closed
 People are raped and murdered
 Shopian rape and murder in 2009
 Armed force special power act
 People killed and young boys arrested
 Nine year old boy killed in the district of
Sapore by CRPF men
 DEMAND BY KASHMIRIS
 Withdrawal of security forces from Jammu
and Kashmir

 Restoration of autonomy

 Withdrawal of the “Armed force special power

act”
INITIATIVES TAKEN BY INDIAN GOVERNMENT

 An all-party sent to Kashmir to meet the

leaders and to know reason fro unrest

 An 8 party initiative is put forward by the

government of India
 8 POINT INITIATIVE
 Group of interlocutor appointed to hold meeting
with all section of society.
 State government would be advised to release all
student and youth arrested.
 Review the public safety Act and to withdraw
detention in appropriate cases
 Ex-gratia relief of 5 lakhs to be granted to families
Cont………….
 Appointment of special task forces for Ladakh and
Jammu to examine development in these
areas
 State government requested to reopen all schools,
colleges and universities and to take special
classes if necessary, to ensure exams to be
conducted for the year
 Grant of Rs 100 crores for development of school
colleges and infrastructure.
THANK YOU