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    • Archive for March, 1986

    Kashmir unrest fans fears of mass exodus

    SRINAGAR, March 9 (1986): India - Terrified Hindus are poised to flee unprecedented violence in the Moslem-dominated state of Jammu and Kashmir - presenting Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi with a crisis that could explode into "another Punjab." The state's chief minister, G.M. Shah, and his government resigned Friday after Hindu residents denounced their failure to stop Moslem violence. "The large-scale arson, pillage, plunder and desecration of our temples in last month's attacks was aimed at...

    Posted 9965 days ago.

    New Delhi places Kashmir under federal control

    JAMMU, March 8 (1986): Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi forced the collapse of the Kashmir government and imposed federal rule Friday in a bid to curb the worst religious violence in the strategic border state since Indian independence. Acting on the prime minister's orders, the Kashmir Congress Party withdrew its support of Chief Minister G.M. Shah, reducing his government to a minority and forcing his resignation, 20 months after he was installed by Gandhi's mother, Indira. Kashmir Governor Jagmohan - on...

    Posted 9966 days ago.

    Government in strategic state topples New Delhi wary about upheaval in Kashmir

    The Globe and Mail SRINAGAR, March 8 (1986): The Himalayas provide a postcard-perfect background and Dal Lake has thawed after a bitterly cold winter. But there are no foreign tourists to rent the houseboats or to ride the shikaras on the lake. The Vale of Kashmir, playground of the Indian elite, is under curfew. In the past three weeks, 500 Kashmiris have been arrested in sectarian disturbances that have affected nearly 4,000 villages spread all over the valley. The Jammu...

    Posted 9966 days ago.

    Shah resigns, Kashmir Government collapses

    SRINAGAR, Mar 7 (1986): The state government in Kashmir collapsed under pressure from Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi over its failure to curb the worst Hindu-Muslim violence in the state since country's independence. Kashmir Chief Minister G. M. Shah and his cabinet ministers resigned today, a day after the state branch of the Congress Party, acting on Gandhi's orders, withdrew its backing for Shah's government. Kashmir Gov. Jag Mohan asked New Delhi to impose direct rule pending elections or the appointment of a new chief...

    Posted 9967 days ago.

    Gandhi ousts Kashmir chief minister; state under New Delhi rule

    blast from the past

    NEW DELHI, March 7 (1986): Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi ousted the leader of the Moslem-dominated state of Kashmir today and in effect placed it under his control. The move cleared the way for possible new elections in Kashmir, a northern state where there has been increasing violence between Moslems and Hindus. But at the same time, it appeared to create a host of new problems for the Prime Minister, whose political fortunes have recently started to ebb. It was the second time in two years that a Kashmir Chief...

    Posted 9967 days ago.