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Tweets by Rahul Pandita (@rahulpandita) on 19th Jan

2014 about the KPExodus how the Kashmiri


Hindu Pandits were forced to leave their homes in
Kashmir by Islamist Kashmiris and Pakistanis.
1. This day, 24 years ago, Kashmiri Pandits began their exodus from the valley.
Horror that doesn't stir a fraction of the anger it should.
2. Twenty Four (24) years ago, the horror of January 19 was almost 24 hours
away. But when it came, it forced all Kashmiri Pandits into exile.
3. The night of January 19, 1990. The Kristallnacht of the Hindu minority in
Kashmir. The night of the broken glass, night of horror #KPExodus
4. At 10 pm on this night 24 years ago, hundreds of thousands of people
assembled in mosques in Kashmir. Frenzied mobs on streets #KPExodus
5. January 19th night, slogans against Kashmiri Pandits: "We want our Pakistan,
without Pandit men, but with their women" #KPExodus
6. Other slogans on the streets, directed at the womenfolk: Hey Pandit woman,
may your hair catch fire (Batni, batni dodyey mas) #KPExodus
7. And: Dil mein rakho Allah ka khauf, haath mein rakho Klashinkof
(Kalashnikov) #KPExodus
8. And: La sharqiya, la garbiya, Islamia, islamia (No east, no west, only Islam,
only islam) #KPExodus
9. In the next few months, more than 700 innocent Kashmiri Hindus brutally
murdered. Over 350,000 forced into exile #KPExodus
10. Jan 19 followed by brutal attacks on the Hindus all over. In Sopore, young
girls jumped from windows to save themselves from violent mob
11. Scientist KL Ganjoo, wife Prana abducted as they just sat to break their fast.
Ganjoo shot on the banks of Jhelum, Prana's body never found
12. Assistant teacher Girja Tiku abducted by her own neighbours, colleagues.
Gangraped in a moving car, cut alive on an electric saw #KPExodus
13. In Shopian, a poor driver and his wife tied to a jeep and dragged to death. A
Hindu neighbour cremated them later in own house #KPExodus

14. Poet Sarwanand Kaul and his son taken away in south Kashmir. All valuables
looted. Bodies found hanging a day later, nails dug in forehead
15. Not a single conviction in all the brutal murders of the Hindu minority in
Kashmir. More than 600 temples vandalised, destroyed #KPExodus

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