- A collection of known, little known, fake, funny and unknown facts about our beloved Kashmir.
- Kashmir is located in the Himalayas bordering India, Pakistan and China
- The world knows Kashmir for all things except the place. Led Zepplin- Kashmir, Rocket Brothers “Kashmir”, “Cashmere” sweaters made from the wool of Cashmere goats.
- The capital city of Kashmir is Srinagar also was referred as Shahr-i-kashmir.
- Area of Kashmir: India controls 101,338 km2 (39,127 sq mi) of the disputed territory, Pakistan 85,846 km2 (33,145 sq mi) and China, the remaining 37,555 km2 (14,500 sq mi). (Wikipedia)
- Kashmir valley is an important part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir which is divided into three countries
- Population of Kashmir
Administered by | Area | Population | % Muslim | % Hindu | % Buddhist | % Other |
Kashmir Valley | ~4 million | 95% | 4%* | – | – | |
Jammu | ~3 million | 30% | 66% | – | 4% | |
Ladakh | ~0.25 million | 50% | – | 46% | 3% | |
Azad Kashmir | ~2.6 million | 100% | – | – | – | |
Northen Areas | ~1 million | 9% | – | – | – | |
Aksai Chin | – | – | – | – |
- On the basis of size it is larger than 73 countries in the world.
- Omar Abdullah is the present Chief Minster of the state; he is a third generation from his family to become Chief Minister.
- Armed rebellion against India was started in 1990.
- 70000 Kashmiri’s have died since 1990, that is more than 13 innocents were murdered every day.
- Government puts this figure at 20000 that means 2 persons every single day.
- Since June 2010 110 innocents have lost their lives after being shot by Indian security forces
- Omar Abdullah is the grandson of Sheikh Abdullah also known as Sher-i-Kashmir
- Presently Kashmiri’s are classified as parasites
- Kashmir has its own flag; its own constitution and majority of Indian laws are not applicable.
- Stone pelting was a major sport before the Dogra rule
Before the time of Maharaja Gulab Singh the different wards of Srinagar city used to turn out with slings and stones, and played a very earnest and serious game. (Walter Lawrence). It would result in broken heads and limbs and even death. (Knowles)
- Cow slaughter has been banned since the time of the Sikhs. Anybody violating this was first put in boiling oil and then later hanged from a hook installed near Fateh Kadal (Dr. Ishaq Khan). The severity of the punishment has decreased over the years.
- Abusing and swearing are two sports which we are good at. Recently stone throwing has notched up a few places.
- Warning: On seeing yellow dyed rice being distributed a Kashmiri may get violent.
- Kashmiri is the language spoken by the majority of people. Urdu is the official language. Pahari is the other main language.
- The world is busy making missiles and nuclear bombs, Kashmiris are not far behind, we also specialize in mutton missiles (kebabs: vernacular) and cholesterol bombs (gustabas)
- Gustabs have no fixed size and no mathematical formula has been derived till date to find it.
- In 1846 the British sold whole of Kashmir, along with the people to the Dogra rulers, under the Treaty of Amritsar.
- Kashmir was independent from 15th August 1947 to 19th October 1947.
- River Jhelum is the main river flowing through the valley.
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