Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over will observe the Jammu Martyrs’ Day, tomorrow, (Thursday) to reaffirm the resolve to continue the martyrs’ mission till the realization of their inalienable right to self-determination.  According to Kashmir Media Service, the forces of Dogra Maharaja Hari Singh, Indian Army and Hindutva RSS fanatics in different parts of Jammu region had martyred hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris while they were migrating to Pakistan during the first week of November in 1947.  

On the other hand, posters have appeared in different areas of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir urging the people to pay tribute to the Jammu martyrs on their martyrdom anniversary. Every year Kashmiris, living on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and across the world, mark November 06 as the Jammu Martyrs’ Day to pay homage to the victims of the Jammu massacre and reiterate the resolve to continue the mission of their martyrs till the achievement of their inalienable right to self-determination. 

APHC leaders and organizations in their statements in Srinagar, while paying tributes to the Jammu martyrs, said that their blood would not go waste. They said that the martyrs of Jammu had laid down their lives for a sacred cause and their unprecedented sacrifices would not be forgotten.  The leaders and organizations said that the heartbreaking genocide of the Muslims of Jammu in 1947 was one of the biggest tragedies in the world in which lacs of Muslims were killed.  They said that the best way to pay homage to the martyrs was to continue their mission till it reached its logical conclusion.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)