{"id":1321,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/Maharaj\/qabali-raid-oct-22-1947\/"},"modified":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","slug":"qabali-raid-oct-22-1947","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/Maharaj\/qabali-raid-oct-22-1947\/","title":{"rendered":"Qabali Raid – Oct. 22, 1947"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have not read a more thorough description of the 1947 Qabali Raid than what<\/p>\n
Shanti Swarup Ambardar has given in his book, Day of Destiny, A Memoir, published<\/div>\n
in 2014. He was in Srinagar at that time and closely followed the raid. He even interviewed<\/div>\n
some survivors of the St. Joseph’s Convent and the Mission Hospital at Baramulla,<\/div>\n
which bore the brunt of the attack there.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I am attaching here the entire chapter of Ambardar’s book, ‘Qabails’ at the Door<\/i>, 13 pages<\/div>\n
long.<\/div>\n
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I strongly recommend KP’s to read Shanti Swarup Ambardar’s<\/div>\n
book Days of Destiny, as it reflects on their or their relatives\u2019<\/div>\n
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lives before and after their tragic forced diaspora from Kashmir. It will make<\/div>\n
them re-absorb the veil of the rich cultural tapestry they lived under, their serene<\/div>\n
and nuanced existence in the land of their forefathers and gods. Others should<\/div>\n
read it to understand why Kashmiri Pandits are so pained to leave their motherland,<\/div>\n
when other people in history who were also forced to undergo that have borne it<\/div>\n
relatively calmly. The book\u2019s 565 pages may daunt some, but they should then think<\/div>\n
of it to be two books on Kashmiri Pandits\u2019 culture and ethos. The fateful tragedy of<\/div>\n
Kashmiri Pandits as narrated in this book moves you deeply.<\/div>\n
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