संवाद # 86: Rohit Pathania on Jammu history, from golden times of Dogra rule to 2nd class treatment

Rohit Pathania is an author, analyst and observer with varied interests in politics, history and environment.

0:00 Intro
1:24 Maharaja Ranjit Singh & Gulab Singh
4:50 Siege of Lahore and infighting in Sikh empire
7:50 How Gulab Singh came to rule Kashmir
9:26 Military genius of Zorawar Singh Kahluria in winning Ladakh & Gilgit-Baltistan
12:05 The iron fist rule of Ranbir Singh
14:59 Discrimination against Muslims?
19:17 Did Dogras use famines as a weapon against Kashmir?
22:14 The biggest prisoner of war camp that people don’t know
23:23 Treatment of Muslims by Pratap Singh
27:58 Azad Kashmir is actually Pakistan occupied Jammu
30:24 Nehru’s blunder in UN
32:34 The betrayal of Gilgit Baltistan
37:06 Dogri, Punjabi & cultural continuum
41:57 Jammu people become 2nd class citizens
49:05 Did Maharaja Hari Singh want to accede to India?
54:55 The turbulent times of 1990s in Jammu
1:01:10 The Dixon Plan
1:05:03 ISI plan fails, Ghulam Nabi Azad & Roshni Act
1:08:30 Discrimination against Jammu by fudging census numbers
1:11:54 Jagmohan exposes Farooq Abdullah
1:15:27 Importance of Village Defence Councils (VDCs) in J&K
1:18:42 Omar Abdullah tries to disarm VDCs & lack of unity in Jammu