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Witness History, Witness History, The exodus of Kashmiri Hindus

Witness History

Witness History

The exodus of Kashmiri Hindus


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7 January 2020

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In January 1990 over 100,000 Hindus fled the Kashmir valley after an increase in tension between the Indian military and Muslim independence activists. Iknoor Kaur has been speaking to Utpal Kaul one of the so-called 'pandits' who was displaced.

Photo: Indian Border Security Forces in Srinigar in 1993. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Liaison/Getty Images.

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