Five thousand years of Kashmir's history. One community's fight to be remembered.
Documenting the 1990 Kashmiri Pandit exodus and the history of Jammu & Kashmir from primary archives, military memoirs, and oral testimony — researched chronologically, evidenced, and written without apology.
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Four ways into the Kashmir History Project.
Essays & testimony
Personal essays, survivor testimony, and field notes on the Kashmiri Pandit exodus, updated regularly with new research.
Read the blogs →The historical record
Source-by-source accounts of the Jammu & Kashmir conflict, the 1947 invasion, and the years leading to 1990.
Explore the history →In memory
Names, dates, and accounts of the Kashmiri Pandits killed and displaced, preserved so they are not reduced to a footnote.
Visit the memorial →Published works
Four books spanning the Kashmiri Pandit exodus, Indian philosophy, and political critique.
See the books →Latest from the research desk
Updated regularly with new archival findings and testimony.
Who was Sarla Bhat of Kashmir?
A documented account of one of the named victims of the exodus, drawn from primary testimony.
Read the essay →The 1947 tribal invasion of Jammu & Kashmir
A forensic account of how the invasion was planned and funded, drawn from military archives.
Read the essay →Kashmiri Pandits: a paradise lost in 1990
An excerpt from Uprooted & Forlorn on the night of January 19th, 1990.
Read the excerpt →"The least we owe to those who defended this land — and to those who were forced to leave it — is the truth, told plainly and without apology." Rohit Tikoo