Were Kashmiris Siding With The Tribal Raiders

By the time news of tribal attack reached to the town writes alaistar lamb the town was deserted.

Were kashmiris siding with the tribal raiders.

They were lured with riches and beautiful women of kashmir. It was many days later that indian forces arrived. Here the author goes by the dubious narrative that pakistan had backed the. Sen was dispatched to kashmir as the commander of the 161 infantry brigade to save the then princely state from the armed pakistani tribal raiders who had crossed the border poured into the valley and were indulging in widespread loot arson and rape.

On 1 january 1948 nehru formally took the jammu and kashmir issue to the united nations security council india pakistan. The kashmiris fought against the tribal raiders to secure kashmir for india. Then there were the tribesmen who were concentrating at batrasi opposite the kashmir border and there was brigadier akbar khan a burma dso who was director of the newly formed weapon and equipment directorate at the general headquarters tasked unofficially to support the tribal raiders logistically using all resources at his disposal in ghq as director weapons and equipment without letting. Army honours two kashmiris for thwarting 1947 raider attack november 3 2013 1 46 pm in news the indian army sunday awarded two people from central kashmir s budgam district for their help in thwarting the attack by tribal warriors from pakistan in 1947.

The indian army was finally airlifted to srinagar to repel the tribal invasion. On one side is the high pitched separatist induced call for observance of 27 oct as black day in commemoration of the landing of first indian troops in srinagar and on the other side is the rational call of those patriotic kashmiris who know the harsh reality of october. Militias recruited by sheikh abdullah were trained by the army. This was the chief reason that the raiders retreated when they faced firm indian forces and heavy casualties.

Ie october of 1947. Azad said when pakistan backed tribal raiders attacked kashmir in 1947 there were no india forces in the valley back then. October in kashmir valley always evoke mixed response. Brigadier later lieutenant general l p.

He says that in a pre crisis population of 14 000 to say 13 000 were killed is nonsense. 8 sma levels severest charges of killing in baramullah town by raiders. But since they were non kashmiris their rule along with 111 years of rule by a punjabi sikh and a dogra hindu is regarded by most kashmiris as a period of slavery. A nationalism of multiple identities chapter 4 of the book talks about the so called tribal raiders of 1947.