OCTOBER 27 is the black day on which India had invaded the disputed Jammu and Kashmir state back in 1947. Alastair Lamb in his book, Incomplete Partition: The Genesis of the Kashmir Dispute 1947-1948, writes: “According to Wolpert, VP Menon returned to Delhi from Srinagar on the morning of Oct 26 with no signed Instrument of Accession. Only after the Indian troops had started landing at Srinagar airfield on the morning of Oct 27 did VP Menon and MC Mahajan set out from Delhi for Jammu. The Instrument of Accession, according to Wolpert, was only signed by Maharaja Sir Hari Singh [if signed at all] after Indian troops had assumed control of the Jammu and Kashmir State’s summer capital, Srinagar.”
On October 27 1947, the sufferings of the Kashmiri people commenced with the landing of Indian troops in Jammu and Kashmir which have increased manifold after New Delhi suspended the special status of IIOJK through the revocation of Articles 370 and 35-A of the Indian Constitution on August 5, 2019.
The government has chalked out a comprehensive programme to observe the day in a befitting manner through highlighting brutalities and massive human rights violations being committed by the Indian troops to suppress the indigenous freedom struggle of Kashmiris who want their legitimate right to self-determination in line with the United Nations Security Council resolutions, he maintained.
Message from President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi on Kashmir Black Day.#KashmirBlackDay#Kashmirhttps://t.co/BT2KSo6IYO
— The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) October 27, 2019
