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Formation of National Conference and its role in party system of Jammu and Kashmir
Authors Name:
Fayaz Ahmad Wani
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IJSDR1708023
Published In:
Volume 2 Issue 8, August-2017
Abstract:
The Jammu and Kashmir state is consisted of three main cultural units and geographical divisions, namely, Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. The Jammu and Kashmir state came in to being as a result of the conquest of the Punjab by the British in 1845. The territories of Jammu and Kashmir which formed a part of the Sikh state were separated from it. The Provinces of Kashmir and Gilgat were handed over to tax payer of Sikh Empire Gulab Singh, for a cash payment of seventy five lakh of rupees by the British. Gulab Singh was recognized the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. He laid the foundation of Dogra rule in the state. The Dogras retained the feudal structure of society, which the earlier rulers had already established in the state. The Muslim subjects who formed the majority of the population bore the heaviest brunt and burden of the Dogra autocracy which was restrictive, despotic and exploitative. The freedom movement was actually a vigorous struggle against the oppressive rule of Dogras. The present study with the role of National Conference in the politics of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. It started freedom struggle against autocratic ruler, Maharaja Hari Singh organized in 1931. The ideology of the National Conference is Socialism, Secularism, and Democracy. National Conference was in favor of independent state with free united India. Its achievement was to grant rights to oppressed Muslim majority and its failure was partition of Indian Sub continent and partition of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
"Formation of National Conference and its role in party system of Jammu and Kashmir ", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.2, Issue 8, page no.153 - 156, August-2017, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR1708023.pdf
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Published Paper ID: IJSDR1708023
Registration ID:170691
Published In: Volume 2 Issue 8, August-2017
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Page No: 153 - 156
Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org
ISSN Number: 2455-2631
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