Article: Jammu massacre of 1947: The worst tragedy inhuman history
Muhmmad Sultan Butt
The Jammu massacre of 1947 is the worst massacre in human history. It is regarded as a catastrophe and is remembered as holocaust in the known history of Kashmir. The Jammu massacre was carried out by Dogra army with the help of Indian forces and Hindu extremists which was aimed at to change the demography of Jammu and wipe out Muslims. Thousands of Muslims were butchered and thousands were forced to migrate during this pre-planned and premeditated tragedy. This horrible massacre was carried out because Kashmiris rejected Indian occupation, launched struggle and defeated occupation forces. After failing to subdue their struggle, Hindu forces asked Muslims to gather in police lines so that they would be sent to Pakistan. Muslims unaware of their evil intentions and devilish plan gathered there in large numbers. These Muslim families were loaded in trucks and taken to far flung areas where’s Hindu armed forces killed them mercilessly. Thousands of Muslim women were raped and thousands of families forces to migrate.
This gruesome episode of systematic genocide took place during the first week of November in 1947 about a week later when India emerged as a colonial power, landed its troops in Kashmir and occupied a large part of the state against the wishes of Kashmiri people. It is pertinent to mention here that according to the two-nation theory and principles of partition plan, Kashmir was a natural part of Pakistan.The state of Jammu and Kashmir was geographically, historically and culturally and ethnically part of Pakistan and Kashmiri representatives through a unanimous resolution on 19 July 1947 even before the emergence of Pakistan declared Kashmir as part of the new Muslim state.But India’s policy of deceit and deception, and expansionism pushed the region into a quagmire of uncertainty.
The painful memories of the Jammu massacre are still fresh in the minds of Kashmiri Muslims and Kashmiris will never forget this holocaust. This horrible massacre reflects the animosity of Hindutva elements against Islam and Muslims. Systematic genocide which started in 1947 continues unabated by Indian savage forces even today. India has turned Kashmir into a vast prison. Its over one million trigger happy troops equipped with sweeping powers under AFSPA and other draconian laws are marauding and brutalizing Kashmiri society with atrocious vengeance.
Since 1989 these dark forces have massacred over one hundred thousand Kashmiris irrespective of their age and gender. Thousands of Kashmiris have been maimed, paralyzed and injured during the past 35 years. Inorder to cripple Kashmiris economically, over 110,000 houses, shops and other structures have been blasted or turned to ashes by occupation troops. Using rape as a weapon of war to humiliate and intimidate Kashmiris, devil forces have raped over 11 thousand Kashmiri women. During the past 35 years Indian brutal forces have abducted over 10 thousand Kashmiris and vanished them in custody forever. Thousands of Kashmiris including APHC leaders,human rights activists, journalists, women and children are rotting in Indian jails under fabricated cases. Kashmir valley once known for its pristine beauty has become a graveyard wasteland. It has become a mourning center and land of widows and orphans. During the past three decades,nearly 23 thousand women have been widowed and over one hundred thousand children orphaned due to Indian State terrorism.These horrible crimes speak the volumes of Indian state terrorism.
Irony of fate is that the same elements who were responsible for the Jammu massacre are now in power and imposing Hindutva culture on Kashmiris and their ethnic cleansing is their long cherished goal. The scrapping of Articles 370 & 35-A, issuing of domicile to millions of non-state Hindus, allotment of Kashmiris land to extremist Hindus and other anti-Kashmiris and anti-Muslim steps speak volumes of mentality of Modi led regime.
There are reports that Hindutva forces are planning another mass genocide like 1947. For this purpose a large number of Hindu fanatics are settled, funded,trained and armed by the Indian army in different areas. These private militias are operating under the patronage of the Indian army and are recruiting more and more hooligans and preparations are on the peak.
The Hindutva regime led by Modi is following the footsteps of Zionists. Hindutva and Zionism nexus have become threat to world peace and if the world will ignore this threat it will prove disastrous. The expansionist designs of India and Israel are a challenge to the world.
There is a similarity between Zionist and Hindutva terrorism and both Israel and India are terrorist states who are trampling humanity and committing heinous and horrible crimes against Palestinians and Kashmiris. The way the Zionist terrorist state is killing innocent children,women and elderly in Palestine, the Modi-led Hindutva terrorist state is following the same pattern in Kashmir. Zionists and Hindutva have declared war on Muslim territories and these devil forces are trampling everything under jackboots but the Muslim world is looking like a mute spectator.At this critical stage when Kashmir has become another Gaza it is the responsibility of the world, especially Muslims, to rein in India and save Kashmiri Muslims from the wrath of Hindutva terrorism.
Despite gruesome killings, torture, arson, loot, plunder, enforced disappearances, rape of women and other horrible crimes, India has failed to crush the freedom of valiantKashmiris. The passion for freedom which is deeply rooted in generations is invincible and indomitable.
At this crucial stage when Hindutva is hell-bent to annihilate Kashmiris, it is the need of the hour to get united and make a new strategy to counter Hindutva terrorism. It is also the responsibility of friends of Kashmiris all over the world to expedite efforts to promote the Kashmir freedom movement and expose Indian state terrorism. As for Kashmiris, they are inheritors of over 6 hundred thousand martyrs and they will never ever betray their blood. Martyrs are heroes of Kashmiri nation and their sacred blood and supreme sacrifices will never go to waste. Kashmiris on the anniversary of Jammu Martyrs Day again renew the pledge that the mission of martyrs will be accomplished at any cost.
Note: The writer of this article is the Insaf party vice chairman and APHC AJK chapter leader
