The dream of Kashmir had shattered in the year 1948.The historical fact is known to almost all. The last sovereign king of Kashmir, Hari Singh was compelled to vote for accession of his kingdom with republic of India when newly born Pakistan attacked Kashmir.The rest is only blunders. I will say it is Nehruvian blunder instead of Himalayan blunder and till today the country is paying for this.Under intervention of UN a third of our land has been permanently occupied by Pakistan which we named as POK ( PAK occupied Kashmir) and another portion has been occupied by China.
Under this imbroglio, the real battle for general Kashmiri people began. The prime minister of erstwhile king Hari Singh, Mr Shiekh Abdallah became the head of Kashmir and the Article 370 of the constitution was applied in the region. Mr Shiekh Abdallah became Sadar e riasat, the synonym of chief minister and Kashmir became an alien land within the country for rest of fellow countrymen.
Kashmir has majority of Mohammedans as well as minority Hindu pundits lived like brothers since days of immortals and lacking all activities other than tourism made life in this hilly state hard. After 1953 practically no developmental work happened here and till date few agro based small industries, silk and cocoons and one or two cement industries came up in a small way. These are obviously insufficient to cater the employment needs of its population. Few educational institutions and one medical college are all that given by government of India before washing their hands off.Moreover, intruder from other side of divided Kashmir, under the governance of Pakistan always being a threat to the people of this state. In POK the life of people are so bad and under distress that many of them tried to enter Indian part hoping for a better life and economic gain. This led to continuous dispute between the Line of Control (LOC) of both countries and Pakistan,out of its perennial greed for Kashmir started proxy /shadow war on the LOC with an intention of internationalizing the issue.
Under this situation the country had fought total war against Pakistan in 1965 and another in eastern sector in 1971 which led to humiliating defeat for Pakistan.But, they never stopped sending their intruder/agents at this side to destabilize the harmony of people at Kashmir valley.That resulted the 1989 pogrom among its own people and a communal clash between Hindu pundits and Mohammedan which led minority pundits to flee from Kashmir valley and shift permanently at Hindu dominated Jammu.
The inferno that started in 1989 has not doused till date and Kashmir became a political game for many. Meanwhile another shadow war we had with Pakistan in 1999 and problem grew wider. Problem of Kashmir is not a political problem. The problem is lack of development. Congress led government got more than 60 years but development of the state is almost ZERO.Government after Government changed locally and centrally, but Kashmir never came in mainstream in any walks of life. Never in cricket, football, big screen, small screen, reality show, Asian games, in army, CRPF, bureaucratic government service like IAS, presence of Kashmir is meager peanut. In north eastern sector , we known that Assam had developmental hazards and youths took the refuge of arms in 1978 and struggled against governments different attitude for years under the banner of ULFA demanding sovereignty. Whatever, the result of their battle, Assam could at least successfully draw the eyes of mainland India towards them.of course, Assam has rich tea industry and and petroleum products that Kashmir lacks. But, the youth, of Kashmir, if they take a rebellious stand against the government of India to snatch their legitimate right of development , one should not find fault in them. Years together center's step brotherly attitude towards them had led towards this anguish.Poking of Pakistan outside and growing anguish inside is making the thing worse for the country. If this anguish is tried to douse forcefully by government than the mistake will draw the difference wider and will one day this may turn to inferno and may go out of our hand.
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