Rohit Tikoo is a Kashmir Historian, Author, and Kashmiri Pandit dedicated to preserving five thousand years of history. Through rohittikoo.com, he documents the forgotten stories of the Kashmiri Pandit community using primary archives, military records, and oral testimony.
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