Kashmiris across the world observed Jammu Martyrs day on Sunday, 6th November.
The day marks the massacre of upto 300,000 Muslims fleeing to Pakistan. The killings occurred sixty-four years ago in the city of Jammu and are believed to have been orchestrated by Hindu extremists and the Indian army led by Maharaja Hari Singh.
On the day, Kashmiris pledged to continue the freedom struggle of the Kashmiri people and never forget the sacrifice made by those who died in 1947.
In a statement, the chairman of the All Parties Hurriya Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said that the massacre of Kashmiris including women and children in 1947 was the blackest chapter of the history of Jammu and Kashmir, and the people of Jammu and Kashmir would not allow the sacrifices of their martyrs go waste and would accomplish their mission at all costs.
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) is a political front formed as an alliance of 26 political, social and religious organizations in Kashmir, sharing the common vision of the Kashmiri people's right to self-determination.
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