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What happened before the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits https://www.indiatoday.in/news-analysis/story/before-exodus-of-kashmiri-pandits-1928582-2022-03-23

Plebiscite Front in Pakistan-occupied areas of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir founded by Amanullah Khan in 1965

Hijacking of a Srinagar-Jammu flight in January 1971. Bangladesh ware

By the end of the 1970s, Islamist fundamentalism in Afghanistan, mentored by Pakistani agencies with the aid of the US and Saudi Arabia. the Islamic Revolution under Ayatollah Khomeini took Iran by storm. Wahabism was spreading in the Af-Pak region.

Amanatullah found JKLF, which peaked in 1980s

1984: Amanatulla Khan asked by Pakistani Army to trigger insurgency in Valley.

Farookh Abdullah takes over CM 1982. Wins 1983 elections. But party splits, Gul Shah takes over.

Militancy increases

Feb 1986 Gul Shah addressed a public meeting in the Valley where he said, “Islam khatre mein hai [Islam is in danger]. Massive rioting happened in Kashmir Valley.

Governor Jagmohan dismissed the Gul Shah’s government.

Sheikh Abdullah-Indira Pact, rehabs Sheikh Abdullah. Sheikh accused of letting Wahabi wave take over Sufism of Kashmir

Muslim United Front demanded the Quranic law be made the law in the state assembly. Their leaders included Syed Ali Shah Geelani (later Hurriyat chief), Yasin Malik (separatist leader) and Mohammad Yusuf Shah aka Syed Salahuddin (the head of terror group Hizbul Mujahideen).

Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections in 1987. The election is considered as the most-rigged election in India. The election brought Farooq Abdullah to power in Jammu and Kashmir.

Vishwanath Pratap Singh, becomes PM overthrowing Rajiv Gandhi in 1989. Singh made Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (arch rival of Abdullah) his home minister

Abdullah had already declared that he would resign if Jagmohan was made governor. He resigned the same day when Jagmohan was appointed January 19, 1990.

The targeted killings that started in September 1989 rose sharply in the Kashmir Valley in January 1990. The exodus of Kashmiri Pandits began soon after as Jagmohan came and Abdullah went away.

1990: 29th Jan 1990 Exodus

OPeration Topac final stage 1991. Zia ul Haq dies in plane crash. Militant trigger riots in Srinagar, Baramulla, Pulwama, Bhaderwah, Anantanag

Kashmiri Pandit exodus: chronology & players, Abdullahs & Muftis, VP Singh, Jagmohan & Narasimha Rao Mar 18, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSODfgCXvqU 

As controversy rages around Vivek Aghnihotri’s ‘The Kahsmir Files’ watch this abridged version of Cut The Clutter in which Shekhar Gupta breaks down the chronology of Jammu and Kashmir’s political past. He revisits the most important political developments that led to Kashmiri Pandits’ plight 

Main chronology considered significant by Shekar Gupta