SRINAGAR, Posters have surfaced in Srinagar and surrounding areas calling upon residents to commemorate October 27 as Black Day, marking the date in 1947 when India took control over Jammu and Kashmir.

According to a news release by Kashmir Media Service, this date in 1947 signifies when New Delhi began its governance over the Kashmir region, contrary to the desires of the local populace. These posters, affixed to walls, structures, and utility poles, emphasize the Kashmiri people’s ongoing efforts to gain their right to self-determination, a principle supported internationally.

Organizations such as APHC, Resistance Youth Forum J and K, J and K Warseen-e-Shohda, Jammu and Kashmir Political Resistance Movement, Jammu Kashmir Democratic Movement, and Jammu Kashmir Students Forum, among others, have contributed to these posters. They have labeled October 27, 1947, as a significant negative event in the history of Jammu and Kashmir.

Further, the posters exhort both local and external communities to resist the perceived Hindutva agenda of the Indian BJP-RSS government, specifically on October 27. There are claims within the posters that India is adjusting the educational curriculum and terminating Muslim employees to propagate its Hindutva ideology in the region. In addition to their physical presence, these posters have made their way onto social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and WhatsApp.