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The princely state of Jammu and Kashmir was created in 1846, through the Treaty of Amritsar, between the British Empire, who had taken the Kashmir Valley, Ladakh and Gilgit Baltistan from the earlier Sikh rule, and Gulab Singh, a Dogra from Jammu who subsequently initiated the Dogra dynasty which ruled Jammu and Kashmir as a princely state of British India for the next century.
The Kashmiri spoken in Muzaffarabad is distinct from, although still intelligible with, the Kashmiri of the Neelam Valley to the north. [22] In Neelam Valley, Kashmiri is the second most widely spoken language and the majority language in at least a dozen or so villages, where in about half of these, it is the sole mother tongue. [ 22 ]
The state of Himachal Pradesh in India has the second-largest Kashmiri language speakers after Kashmir Valley and adjoining areas. Kashmiri Pandits migrated to this region over centuries and including from 1947–48 to 1989–91. Large number of Kashmiri Pandits also came here after the eruption of militancy in the valley.
Kashmiri livelihood, kinship and descent is one of the major concepts of Kashmiri cultural anthropology. Hindu Kashmiris and Muslim Kashmiris living in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir region of India, Pakistan and China are from the same ethnic stock. Kashmir is home to a variety of tribes, each with its distinct traditions, customs ...
The Tanka movement (Bengali: টঙ্ক আন্দোলন) was a militant agrarian struggle on behalf of the Hajong tribal people in Mymensingh District, British Bengal (later East Bengal, Pakistan) 1937–1950. [1] The movement was parallel, but distinct from, the Tebhaga movement in other parts of Bengal.
The joint celebration of religious festivals by both Kashmiri Hindus and Kashmiri Muslims in the Kashmir Valley is said to be an emblem of the spirit of Kashmiriyat. [2] Kashmiriyat (also spelled as Kashmiriat) is the centuries-old indigenous tradition of communal harmony and religious syncretism in the Kashmir Valley in Indian-administered ...
Kashmiri is recognised as a regional language in the state and is also among the 22 scheduled languages of India. Kashmiri has split ergativity and the unusual verb-second word order. Although Kashmiri was traditionally written in the Sharda script, [16] [17] [18] it is not in common use today, except for religious ceremonies of the Kashmiri ...
The Chak dynasty (Persian: چک, Persian pronunciation: ; Kashmiri: ژَکھ, Kashmiri pronunciation:) was a Kashmiri dynasty of Dardic origin [1] [2] that ruled over the Kashmir sultanate in medieval Kashmir after the Shah Mir dynasty.