Talk:History of Jammu and Kashmir
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This article should have more information about the period between 1847 and 1947 as this period of the Dogra's, notably Gulab Singh and Hari Singh provide a part of the context of the conflict that originated after that period. In this period the so called Dogra's ruled the area as a Hindu-state with privileges for Hindu's and increasing marginalisation of the musliminhabitants. A good book with lots of sources which handles about the context of this period, especially with regard to the rights of the 95% of the citizens that were not hindu, the peaceful resistancemovement in the 1930's and the interest of the leaders for their posessions in Punjab compared to the interest they had in their own land Kashmir, is:
- Rai, M. Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects, Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir (2004) ISBN 1850657017
My knowledge of english is not so good that I consider myself able to write about it, so if somebody could look into it, it would be greatly appreciated.--Hardscarf 08:43, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Religion of Maharaja Hari Singh
Was Maharaja Hari Singh really a Hindu? His last name seems to imply he was Sikh. Kitabparast 02:45, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
Singh is surname of many communities, some of them are sikhs. He was realy real a Hindu :) 70.64.14.114
== Etymology. ==
The etymology doesnt seem to include the more accepted root of the word kashmir.since sage kashyap is said to have formed this land it was referred to as "kashyap more " which ended up being kashmir over time.The definition given is less accepted than this one.strange that this isnt there.
