Voice for Peace and Justice, a non-political youth organization of Kashmir observed a “black day” on October 22 at Srinagar to mark the 77th anniversary of the tribal invasion of the Kashmir Valley by Pakistan army backed Tribal on October 22, 1947.
Pakistan lost the war against Jammu and Kashmir because it did not want the Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir to become part of India while the people of Jammu and Kashmir wanted accession with a secular India. Pakistan was also worried about the secular credentials of the people of Jammu and Kashmir as a whole and wanted to disrupt the secular harmony so that the two-nation theory becomes successful.
Farooq Ganderbali, President of Voice for Peace and Justice said “On 22 October 1947, Pakistanis sent invaders to Jammu and Kashmir. They looted the dignity of our mothers and sisters and took away everything. People were killed. My non-Muslim brothers were killed. Today the youth of Kashmir have come here. Today we all are together celebrating Black Day on 22 October.”