(Shuaib Masoodi/Express Archive)It is 30 years since the “exodus” from the Valley of its minority Hindu Kashmiri Pandit community. The run-up: 1980s to 1990In the lead-up to the events of 1990, Kashmir was in ferment. According to some estimates, notably by the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS), of 75,343 Kashmiri Pandit families in January 1990, more than 70,000 fled between 1990 and 1992. Her family is one of the few Kashmir Pandit families in Bandipora. Her family is one of the few Kashmir Pandit families in Bandipora.

Source: Indian Express January 23, 2020 23:33 UTC