Thread by @JustHydThings

THREAD: #Kashmirmartyrsday

In 1931, during the public meeting, a well-built man named Abdul Qadeer Khan, rose up from an audience and delivered a speech which was considered to be seditious by the State Government. /1

During the hearings, it was found that the trial had greatly excited the Muslims as it was the first case of a political nature in the state and thousands of people assembled in the court to know the fate of the prisoner. /2

In the same year on July 13th, the trial was to be held in the Srinagar Jail premises. The Sessions Judge ordered the people to disperse but they requested for permission to offer prayers. The police arrested five men and this incensed the people further. /3

One of them stood up&recited the Azan (prayers) loudly. A policeman instantly shot him dead. Another man stood&continued the Azan, he was shot dead too, then stood up another man continuing the Azan, he was shot dead too. 22 ppl gave their lives to complete the Azan that day. /4

Since then, Martyrs' day is observed on both sides of the Line of Control and all over the world by the Kashmiris to pay homage to 22 Kashmiri people who were killed in 1931 during a revolt against Dogra rule. /5

Abdul Qadeer Khan still remains a mystery. He left the political scene of Kashmir as dramatically as he entered it. Till date, nobody knows what happened to Abdul Qadeer Khan. /6

Fast forward to the present— The day was removed from the official holiday list of Jammu and Kashmir by the BJP regime in December 2019.
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We have taken away their special status, basic human rights, and their emotions too. /7

They have nothing more to lose except their lives which they're already losing.

Picture (July 13th, 2019): Advisor to Governor, Khursheed Ahmad Ganaie pays tribute to 13 July, 1931 martyrs. /8

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