Ronik Sharma
Remembering the supreme sacrifices made by all the victims from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir is our duty to the martyrs who gave their lives defending their own virtuous land from attackers.Everyone in the modern world is aware of the holocaust of 1947, which led to the large-scale forced relocation of innocent Hindu and Sikh minorities as well as to numerous deaths, home displacements, and forced hearth removals.It was a shocking attack on the Hindu and Sikh population in which the brutality of the Pakistani army was openly displayed against only the Hindu Sikh family members who were butchered and slaughtered in a straight line to either force them from their homes or capture as much of the Jammu and Kashmir regions forcibly or at gunpoint.
(22nd October Black Day)
As a result of the first offensive by the Pakistani army on Indian territory with the active complicity of the Pakistani government, poor innocent people were compelled to cope with massive displacement. By looting, pillaging, and destructing both movable and immovable property, the Pakistani army wreaked havoc in the serene and tranquil environment.The entire world witnessed how Pakistani soldiers violently and unlawfully captured the Indian side of the former State of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947, killing thousands of innocent Hindu and Sikh minorities and forcibly plundering, looting and destroying movable and immovable property worth several thousand crores. Innocent people whose number was in thousands were forced to leave their homes and hearths.Thousands of defenceless, innocent individuals who lacked weapons were compelled to leave their houses and fireplaces. Soon after this forcible relocation, defenceless Hindu-Sikh minorities were compelled to forsake a meagre living. It is our obligation to honour the ultimate sacrifices made by all the martyrs from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir in order to protect their homeland from Pakistani forces. According to the horrifying stories of the elders, Pakistani forces used brutal force against innocent Hindu and Sikh minorities, without regard for small children or women.One can imagine how the attackers used cruelty against all such innocent people who were unarmed and were thrown out of their places.
It was a planned strategy on the part of the Pakistani forces and the Government to unlawfully occupy the maximum portion of the Indian side and target only the Hindu Sikh population.The then-Pakistani Government had planned to encompass as much of the former State of Jammu and Kashmir as it could, and had instead simply targeted and forcefully removed every member of the minority community who lived there.Generations of innocent people and victims of Pakistan’s direct onslaught since 1947 were pushed back and families dispersed during this extensive relocation and forced displacement. Whether they reside inside or outside of Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir displaced individuals as a result of the Pakistani direct attack since 1947 continue to fight for their legal and constitutional rights. Kashmiri politicians have always tried to muzzle and choke the voices of the displaced people from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir because, for their own ulterior purposes, they treat the displaced people from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir with a great lack of seriousness.The succeeding governments in Jammu and Kashmir didn’t bother to address the legitimate complaints of the dispersed displaced population, who were state subjects of the former State of Jammu and Kashmir. Additionally, the subsequent State Governments discriminated against them at every step as well.
The politicians focused on Kashmir never presented their genuineness or their depressing living situations to the central government and also these people were forced for discrimination and to live in apathetic conditions. Even though they were inhabitants of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and had been scattered across the country as a result of forcible relocation, the displaced individuals received no adequate rehabilitation from successive state administrations or any attempts to be repatriated. Undoubtedly, the present Central Government has taken a number of steps and measures to relocate the dispersed population of displaced persons of Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. It is also attempting to bring them together and provide them with rehabilitation services in the Jammu and Kashmir union territory.That catastrophe and the subsequent exodus of the Hindu-Sikh minority took place seventy-five years ago. Remembering the immense sacrifices made by all the martyrs from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir is our duty to the martyrs who gave their life defending their own homelands from Pakistani forces. It is our obligation to host ceremonies on this day to pay tribute to the Indian army soldiers and, along with them, all of our ancestors who gave their lives fighting alongside the Pakistani army at the time.
The week-long ceremonies will also take place from October 21 to October 27 and in the interim, it is our duty to commemorate the ancestors who made it possible for us to live in the present. We must plan dignified torch marches and memorial gatherings in remembrance of this, and we must also make a pledge to return to our ancestral homes and light a lamp in their honour. By paying tribute to these brave soldiers, let’s everyone remember the crucial part that these courageous troops played by honouring them. The Lieutenant Governor’s administration is urged to erect a memorial and gallery in honour of those who have sacrificed the most, to mark October 22 as a Black day in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, and to draw attention on international forums to Pakistan’s part in unleashing brutality against the Hindu-Sikh minority in J&K in 1947. The central government must take the initiative and take harsh measures against Pakistan to vacate the regions of Jammu and Kashmir that it has been illegitimately and illegally occupying since 1947.
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