Srinagar, July 12, 2023 (PPI-OT): Complete shutdown will be observed in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, tomorrow, to mark the Kashmir Martyrs’ Day.

Call for the strike has been given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference and supported by all pro-freedom leaders and organizations to commemorate the martyrdom of 22 Kashmiris who were killed by the forces of Dogra ruler on July 13, 1931. The APHC has also asked the people of the occupied territory to conduct a march towards the Martyrs’ Graveyard at Naqshband Sahib in Srinagar to offer Fateha for the departed souls. These martyrs remain buried at this Martyrs’ Graveyard.

It is to mention here that thousands of people had assembled outside the Srinagar Central Jail on July 13, 1931 during the court proceedings against one Abdul Qadeer who had asked the people to defy the Dogra rule. At the time of Namaz-e-Zuhr, a young man started Azaan and was shot dead by the Dogra soldiers. Another took his place and he too was martyred by the troops. In this way, 22 youth lost their lives till the completion of Azaan.

The APHC leaders in their statements in Srinagar said that the sacred blood of these martyrs ignited the candle of freedom in Jammu and Kashmir. They said the sacrifices of the Kashmiri martyrs will not be allowed to go waste and the ongoing struggle for freedom of Jammu and Kashmir will be taken to its logical conclusion.

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