ISLAMABAD: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and across the world will observe Kashmir Martyrs Day 0n Monday (today) to pay homage to martyrs of July 13, 1931. In Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), All Parties Hurriyat Conference has appealed to the Kashmiri people mark it by a complete strike in the territory. On the 13th July 1931, the troops of Dogra Maharaja had killed 22 Kashmiris, one after the other, outside the Central Jail in Srinagar during the court proceedings against one Abdul Qadeer who had asked the Kashmiri people to defy the Dogra rule. The APHC spokesman in a statement said that on 13th July 1931, when it was time for Namaz-e-Zuhr, a young man, had started the call for prayer (Azaan) but had been shot dead by the Maharaja’s soldiers. Thus, 22 youth sacrificed their lives till the completion of Azaan. TLTP
