Foundation of muslim conference and its role in kashmir
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FORMATION OF MUSLIM CONFERENCE ( 1 9 3 2 )
The sigh goes up to the sky to fetch benevolence.
O Ye clouds, move aside to clear the way to heavens.
(Agha Hasher Kashmiri)
The preceding pages make it abundantly clear that the Muslim
community of Kashmir was groaning under deep-rooted resentment against the
oppressive, dictatorial and communal character of Dogra rule. However, because of
the autocratic nature of the Dogra rule and the poverty of the political consciousness
of the Muslim community of Kashmir together with the absence of any solid support
from any power outside, the Muslims, for a long time, failed to put up an organized
struggle to free themselves from the shackles of the Dogra Raj. True, when the
oppression touched limits, they did show not only passive reaction1 but also
sometimes raised open revolts like the Shawlbaf revolt o f 1865, but these reactions
lacked organized character. It was in the twenties of the present century that the signs
of political consciousness showed visible indications. This was obviously the result
of growing literacy rate among the Muslims of Kashmir particularly the attainment of
higher education by many of them from different Indian Universities which were
simultaneously the power-houses of freedom movement of India. At the same time,
the support of the Muslims of Punjab to Kashmiri Muslims became highly
pronounced with the beginning of the twenties of the present century. The silk
factory revolt of 1924 and the secret submission of a memorandum by some
prominent Muslims of Kashmir to Lord Reading, the Indian Viceroy, (in which they
demanded the redressal of social, economic and political grievances), were the
obvious fall outs of this perceptible consciousness among the educated section of the
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Muslim community.