1990
Submitted by nazirahmed on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 05:04.
- January 19: Jagmohan is brought back as Governor and Governor Rule is declared again. Farooq Abdullah resigns as Chief Minister. Jagmohan 'celebrates' his return to power by ordering night-long house-to-house searches in Srinagar.
- January 20: Protests against these excesses are dealt with sternly and 35 Kashmiris are killed.
- January 22: Eight Kashmiris are killed in firing by security forces in Srinagar. 200 policemen protest against killing of their comrades by Indian para-military forces.
- February 10: 10 youth are killed in Indian army firing while crossing the ceasefire line from Chakothi on the call of National Liberation Front.
- February 13: Lassa Koul, director of Indian TV channel Doordarshan's Srinagar station is killed by unknown assailants.
- February 16: Jagmohan dissolves State Assembly.
- March 01: Mass exodus of Kashmiri Pundits begins from Valley largely because of Jagmohan's orders, the aim being to give situation religious, communal color. 30 killed in Zakura, near Hazratbal shrine and Barzala locality of Srinagar.
- March 4: The liberation organisations advocating Kashmiris' accession with Pakistan form a forum, Tehreek-e-Hurriyate Kashmir in Srinagar. Advocate Mian Abdul Qayoom heads the forum.
- March 24: Mir Mustafa, former Assembly member kidnapped and killed.
- April 6: Mushir-ul-Haq, Kashmir University vice-chancellor is kidnapped with 2 others by Jammu-Kashmir Students Liberation Front.
- April 10-11: The kidnapped are killed.
- May 21: Mirwaiz Maulvi Mohammad Farooq is killed. His funeral procession is fired on by security forces killing 50.
- May 25: Jagmohan resigns.
- May 26: Jagmohan is succeeded by Girish Chandra Saxena, once security adviser to Rajiv Gandhi and V.P. Singh.
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