Mass Movement for restoration of the holy relic

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In the chill cold of !963-64, Moie Muqadus, the holy relic of Prophet Mohammad disappeared from the chest, under the safe custody  of the keepers at Dargah Haratbal, Srinagar, Kashmir in early Dec 1963 and was restored in 1964.

 The News spread like a wild fire. Sea of believers came on the road. Community ‘langar’ (food outlets) punctuated the city roads instantaneously. The crowd snowballed by each passing moment. Regular traffic came to an abrupt halt. People from far and distant villages footed the distance to join the mammoth protest rallies in the city.

Shamusdin M.A., LL B unknown person said to be a petition writer with little political know how and political maneuvering had taken over as Prime Minister of Jammu & Kashmir from the outgoing PM Bakhshi Ghulam Mohammad. He was a National Conference worker and took part actively in anti Maharaja politics . He was jailed in 1946-47 and thus qualified to be a freedom fighter.

Kashmiri Pundits and Kashmiri Sikhs, knowing little about the relic, joined the rallies with their respective flags in hand..All would assemble at Lal Chowk with their respective flags tossing against the chill cold of 'Chillie Kalan'.

Religious slogan of each community would end with a common slogan "Moie Muqadus ko vapus karo; vapus kero ai zalimo-moieay muqadus pak ko"

The Pundits with Bagva janda in hand:"Jai kara hur hur Mahadev; jo bolay so abhie-Hindu Dharm ki jai; Sanatan Dharm ki jai; Bharat Mata ki jai;"Moie Muqadus ko vapus karo; vapus kero ai zalimo-moieay muqadus pak ko"

The Sikhs with yellow colour Nishan Sahab flag:"Bolay so Nihal-Sat Sriakal; Vahe Guru.ji ka Khalsa-Vai Guru ji ka Fatah;"Moie Muqadus ko vapus karo; vapus kero ai zalimo-moieay muqadus pak ko"

The Muslim with green colour Islamic flag in hand: " Naarai Tuqbeer-Allah O Akbar;Nalie Risala-ya Rasul Allah...."Moie Muqadus ko vapus karo; vapus kero ai zalimo-moieay muqadus pak ko".

The Administration was taken over by the Army. Army Officers were astonished to see people from all the communities with one common mission- Restoration of Moie Muqadus.

One day the agitators decided to see the PM Shamusuldin at his official residence beside the Church.  L D Thakur the then IGP in fluent Kashmiri appealed the masses that misplacement of the holy relic was equally a matter of anguish for him. He was one among the grieved masses in grief. The only difference was that he was in uniform and others in chivies. If allowed he too be allowed to join the protest rallies. He further advised them not to throw kangri or any stone on an armed soldier.

People raised the slogan L D Thakur zindabad and carried him on their shoulder.

It was the wisest step taken by Pundits and Sikhs, failing which both could be target of the wrath.

1990, had the militants from the majority community not targeted the Pundits,  the minority community had no alternative but to show their participation out of fear and to escape the horrors of militancy. Batav Bagar .....reversed the slang practically  towards them and they paid a heavy price for their blunder.