ISLAMABAD
All is set to observe 94th ‘Kashmir Martyrs Day’ at both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and rest of the world on Saturday to pay tributes to the martyrs of Jammu & Kashmir especially those 22 valiant sons of the soil who rendered supreme sacrifices of their precious lives 94 years on July 13 in 1931 in front of Central Jail Srinagar raising mutiny against the despotic Dogra maharajah rule.
The historic day is considered to be the foundation stone of the Kashmiris struggle for liberation of the motherland from the clutches of the cruel Hindu Dogra regime. The tragic day is the milestone in the history of Kashmiris struggle for freedom of the motherland from dogra and later ongoing long Indian forced and unlawful occupation for last 77 years.
It was revolt against atrocities on July 13, 1931 when people rose against the autocratic Dogra rule and protested against the prosecution of sympathizer of Kashmir freedom struggle, Abdul Qadeer Khan Ghazi.
The people of Jammu & Kashmir e people living at both sides of LoC and rest of the world observe the Kashmir Martyrs Day on July 13 every year with the renewal of the pledge to continue the grand mission of the Kashmiri martyrs through perpetuating the freedom struggle, with full vigor, for the achievement of the birth right of self-determination and for the liberation of Illegally occupied Jammu & Kashmir from the tyrannical Indian rule.
Special prayer meetings, symposiums will be the hallmark of the day across Azad Jammu & Kashmir as well as at various places in the strife-torn IIOJK and rest of the world.
According to a historian following 24 Kashmiri muslim embraced shahadat on 13th July 1931 raising mutiny against then despotic dogra maharajah rule during trial of Qadeer inside the Central Jail Srinagar which including Khaliq Shora, Akbar Dar, Ghulam Ahmad Rather, Usman Misgar, Ghulam Ahmad Bhat, Ghulam M Halwai, Ghulam Nabi Kalwal,Ghulam Ahmad Naqash, Ghulam Rasool Durra, Ameer-ud-Din Makayi, Subhan Makayi, Ghulam Qadir Khan, Ramzan Chola, Ghulam Mohammad Sofi, Naseer-ud-Din, Ameer-ud-Din Jandgaru,Mohammad Subhan Khan, Mohammad Sultan Khan, Abdul Salam, Ghulam Mohammad Teli, Fakeer Ali, Ghulam Ahmad Dar, Mughli and Abdullah Ahanger.
In AJK, it will be the state holiday on Saturday to facilitate the people to participate in the events of the day from allover the liberated territory. In IIOJK, a complete shutter down strike will be observed against the forced and illegal Indian occupation of bulk part of the Jammu Kashmir State, said a report reaching here on Friday from across the line of control.
Despite heavy restrictions imposed by the Indian occupying forces to commemorate the day across IIOJK, Kashmiri Muslims will visit the graveyards of the Shuhada (martyrs) in Srinagar and other places to offer fateha – besides holding special prayer meetings for the upholding of the status of the martyrs in heaven.
In the liberated territory of AJK, people from all walks of life will hold special prayer meetings besides staging rallies and seminars to pay tributes to Kashmiri martyrs in all district and tehsil headquarters across the liberated territory to mark the day.
July 13 – Kashmir Martyrs Day is also a message for Indians every year that if the people of Kashmir did not bow down their heads before the tyranny of Dogra rule, as to how they will succumb to the despotic Indian rule.
