Who killed Hindus in Kashmir?

The local organisation of Hindus in Kashmir, Kashmir Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS) after carrying out a survey in 2008 and 2009, said that 399 Kashmiri Hindus were killed by insurgents from 1990 to 2011 with 75\% of them being killed during the first year of the Kashmiri insurgency, and that during the last 20 years.

Are there Hindus in Ladakh?

The main religious groups in the region are Muslims (mainly Shia) (46\%), Buddhists (mainly Tibetan Buddhists) (40\%), Hindus (12\%) and others (2\%). Ladakh is one of the most sparsely populated regions in India. Ladakh is the largest and the second least populous union territory of India.

When did Hindu rule end in Kashmir?

The last Hindu ruler of Kashmir was Udyan Dev. His Chief Queen Kota Rani was the de-facto ruler of the kingdom. With her death in 1339 the Hindu rule in Kashmir came to an end and thus was established the Muslim rule in Kashmir under Sultan Shamas-ud-din-whose dynasty ruled the valley for 222 years.

Why did the Hindus of Kashmir adopt Buddhism?

Origins. Buddhist sources attribute the origin of Buddhism in Kashmir to a monk of Varanasi, Majjhantika, who was also a disciple of Ananda. According to the Ceylonese Chronicle, after the conclusion of the Third Buddhist Council, Ashoka sent missionaries across countries to spread Buddhism.

Is Jammu Hindu majority?

The Jammu Division overall has a Hindu majority population – 62.55\% practice Hinduism, 33.45\% practice Islam and most of the remainder are Sikhs. The Hindus form a majority in the Jammu, Kathua, Samba and Udhampur districts, and roughly half the population in the Reasi district.

What does India’s abrogation of Kashmir mean for Ladakh?

Leh, Ladakh – When the Indian government last year abrogated the special status and partial autonomy of Indian-administered Kashmir and divided the region into two federal territories – Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh – the Buddhists in Ladakh cheered the move.

Why do non-Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir want union territory status?

Buddhists and other non-Muslim communities in the Himalayan region had long demanded a union territory status, alleging they were discriminated against by the politicians and bureaucrats in the partially autonomous Jammu and Kashmir, which was the only Muslim-majority state administered by India.

How did BJP and Hindutva gain ground in Ladakh?

Both Hindutva groups and the BJP gained ground here by appearing to align with Ladakhi Buddhist political aspirations. These have been shaped by Ladakh’s long sense of being marginalised in the troubled politics of Jammu and Kashmir, and by frictions between Buddhist-majority Leh and Muslim-majority Kargil.

Is Ladakh mostly Muslim or Hindu?

Contrary to the popularly held idea within India that Kashmir has a Muslim majority while Jammu is mostly Hindu and Ladakh is mostly Buddhist, Buddhists form 39.7 percent and Hindus 12.1 percent of Ladakh’s population. Muslims, an overwhelming majority of them Shia, comprise 46.4 percent of Ladakh’s population.