India killed five hundred thousand Kashmiris in IIOJK over past 78 years
Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian forces have killed nearly five hundred thousand Kashmiris, including over 350,000 in the Jammu region alone, as the occupied territory completes 78 years of invasion by the Indian Army on this day in 1947.
A report released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service on October 27 — observed as Black Day in IIOJK, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and wherever Kashmiris live across the world — stated that more than 3.5 million Kashmiris were forced to migrate to Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, and other parts of the world since October 27, 1947. The report added that after 1988, due to Indian state terrorism, at least 8,601 families—comprising over 40,000 individuals—migrated to AJK and Pakistan.
Below is the data released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service from January 1989 to October 27, 2025:
* Total killings — 96,476
* Custodial/Fake encounter killings — 7,406
* Civilians arrested — 176,934
* Structures/houses destroyed or damaged — 110,559
* Women widowed — 22,990
* Children orphaned — 108,005
* Women gang-raped/molested — 11,268
The report said that the number of Indian forces deployed in the occupied territory exceeds 1,100,000, including personnel from the Indian Army, Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), Special Operations Group (SOG), Police, Indian Air Force, Navy, and intelligence agencies. These forces continue to test the patience of the unarmed and oppressed people of the territory
