Srinagar: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and the world over will observe the Jammu Martyrs’ Day tomorrow (Saturday) to reaffirm the resolve to continue the martyrs’ mission till the realization of their inalienable right to self-determination.
Hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris were massacred by the forces of Maharaja Hari Singh, Indian army and Hindu extremists in different parts of Jammu region while they were migrating to Pakistan during the first week of November in 1947.
Hurriyat leaders and organizations in their statements, 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. They 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.
The leaders and organizations said that the best way to pay homage to the martyrs was to continue their mission till it reached its logical conclusion.
Meanwhile, the spokesman of Jammu and Kashmir Employees Movement in a statement issued in Srinagar termed the November 6, 1947 massacre of Muslims in Jammu as the worst tragedy. He said that the people of Kashmir would render any kind of sacrifice for securing their birthright to self-determination and appealed to the United Nations and the world community to help resolve the Kashmir dispute according to the aspirations of the Kashmiri people. Web Desk
