X-Nico

6 unusual facts about Kashmiri people


Edward Powys Mathers

He is known also for the translations The Garden of Bright Waters: One Hundred and Twenty Asiatic Love Poems (1920); and of the Kashmiri poet Bilhana in Bilhana: Black Marigolds (1919), a free interpretation in the tradition of Edward FitzGerald.

Faisal Shahzad

Pakistani government officials initially told Time that Shahzad is of Kashmiri descent.

Koshur Akhbar

Koshur Akhbar provides an opportunity to Kashmiris all over the world to be informed of events of Jammu & Kashmir in their own language.

Sana Mir

Sana Mir (born 5 January 1986) is a female Pakistani cricketer of Kashmiri origin and captain of the Pakistan women's team.

Sir Walter Roper Lawrence

Over the course of his wanderings, he developed a close affinity with the Indian and Kashmiri people, who figure prominently in his work.

The Papdits

A hybrid of mockumentary/reality television, The Papdits documents a Kashmiri family as a camera crew follows them as they travel across the United States, seeking a place to settle and trying to adapt to American culture.


1948 in Pakistan

The Pakistani-captured third was known as Azad Jammu and Kashmir, while India occupied the eastern two-thirds now called Jammu and Kashmir by the Indians while Pakistanis and Kashmiris alike call it Bharati Maqbuza Kashmir in Urdu (مقبوضہ کشمیر).

Chattisinghpora, Pathribal, and Barakpora massacres

The massacre, which took place on the eve of U.S. President Bill Clinton's visit to the Subcontinent, was widely condemned by both the Indian and Pakistani governments, as well as the leaders of the Kashmiri separatist movement.

White Horse Pagoda, Dunhuang

Kumārajīva, a revered monk and translator, was born in the oasis city-state of Kucha, the son of a Kuchean princess and a Kashmiri Brahmin.


see also