Kashmiri Pundit Exodus Day

Kashmiri Pundit Exodus Day Kashmir is named after the great Indian sage, Kashyap Rishi. Kashmiri Pandit, Hindu, and Sanatani are the natives of Kashmir. Between the 14th century and 19th January, 1990, thousands of Kashmiri Pandits have been killed violently by terrorists. As a result, hundreds of thousands of Kashmiri Pandits have left the valley. Their properties, mandirs, and temples have been taken, desecrated, and burnt. Those lucky enough not to get killed suffered Rape, riots, kidnappings, and torture by the terrorists. The terrorists identified and attacked Pandit homes specifically. A noteworthy incident on 19 January, 1990 which led to the mass eviction was that power was cut from the Kashmiri Pandit houses, loudspeaker public announcements were being made for the Kashmiri Pandit males to leave Kashmir (Leave women behind), convert or be killed. Then their houses were set on fire. The terrorists killed anyone openly supporting India, including military and Police officers.   Those fleeing ended up in the refugee camps of Jammu - many died there due to the weather conditions, snake bites, and famine. 2500 villages’ Kashmiri, Hindi, Sanskrit place names have been changed. No justice has been given. The Kashmiri Hindu Sanatani pundits remain outside Kashmir. The targeted killings continue until today. Some victims, there are thousands more: On June 4, 1990, Girija Tickoo, a Kashmiri Hindu Sanatani teacher was gang raped by terrorists, who ripped her abdomen and chopped her body into two pieces with a saw machine while she was still alive. On 14 September 1989, Tika Lal Taploo, who was a lawyer and a BJP member, was murdered in his home in Srinagar. On 4 November 1989, a high court judge in Kashmir Neelkanth Ganjoo was killed near the High Court in Srinagar. On 25 January 1990, the Rawalpora shooting incident took place, wherein four Indian Air Force personnel were killed. On 29 April 1990, Sarwanand Kaul Premi, a veteran Kashmiri poet, was gruesomely murdered. On 2 February 1990, Satish Tikoo, a young Hindu social worker, was murdered near his own house in Habba Kadal, Srinagar. On 13 February 1990, Lassa Kaul, Station Director of Srinagar Doordarshan National TV, was shot dead. In December 1992, Hriday Nath Wanchoo, a trade union leader and human rights activist, was murdered with Kashmir separatist Ashiq Hussain Faktoo being convicted for the murder.