Modern History of Jammu and Kashmir

by J. C. Aggarwal, S. P. Agrawal

Overview

‘Who has not heard of the Vale of Cashmere With its roses the brightest that earth ever gave Its temples, and grottos, and mountains as clear As the love-lighted eyes that hang over their wave' -Thomas Moore The paradise on earth is in turmoil, abetted and aided by foreign tribals, the terrorists have spread death and destruction every where resulting m mass exodus of Pandits from their ancestral land. The militants did not even spare the Muslims who were votary of secularism and humanism. It is necessary to have an understanding of the modern history of Jammu and Kashmir in order to gauge the Kashmir problem. An effort had been made in this volume to bring all important documents about the Kashmir problem at one place. These documents include the treaties and agreements between the British Government and Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, the Governments of India and Pakistan. It also provides the correspondence between of India and UN bodies and Government of Pakistan, speeches made in the Security Council by Council Members and representatives of India and Pakistan, resolutions adopted in UN bodies, specially Security Council. The book also contains relevant documents and papers relating to 1965 conflict, Tashkent Summit, etc. Special mention may be made about the bibliography on the subject which is most comprehensive and touches all aspects of Kashmir problem. The publication would prove useful to researchers, historians, political activists and journalists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789354392948
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/1995
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	329
File size:	724 KB

About the Author

J.C. Aggarwal (b. 1928), fromer Deputy Director of Education/Executive Director of Delhi Bureau of Textbooks, Delhi Administration has had a varied experience in the field of education. He had singly/jointly authored about 150 books on Education, Social Sciences and Current Problems. In collaboration with S.P. Agrawal, he had written Modern History of Punjab. Documentation Encyclopaedia of UNESCO and Education (in two Parts); Women s Education in India; National Policy on Education: Agenda far India 2001; Indian Writings on Education, 1979 to 1986, and Vocational Education in India. His other recent publications include: Yearbook of Indian Education, 1991: World Overview: Ramamurti Report 1990 on National Policy on Education in India: and Survey of Educational Documents in the World since 1983. etc.
S.P. Agrawal (b. 1929) was Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre, ICSSR, Government of India and thereafter Member Secretary, Indian Association of Social Science Institutions. He was also the Vice-Chairman of the Asia and Pacific Information Network in Social Sciences (AP1NESS). In 1988 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education (Honoris Causa) by International University Foundation. Presently, he is Member, Round Table on Research in Reading, IFLA, and Member, International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation. He is also Member of Board of Studies of National Archives of India and Hindi Advisory Committee, Ministry of Coal, Government of India. Born and brought up in the cradle of freedom movement which he joined at the tender age of twelve, he gained an insight into political problems and developed a sense of responsibility which bore fruit as an information scientist committed to Gandhiji’s philosophy and action-plan- in the field and its social concept. He has written extensively on various aspects of education, Indian polity and library and information science.