The march had been called by the moderate separatist group All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and supported
by the hard-line separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to protest "the landing of Indian troops this day in 1947" following partition of the Indian sub-continent into India and Pakistain and accession by the state's Hindu Maharaja to India.Geelani, who is spearheading the ongoing unrest in Kashmir, had asked the people to observe the day as "a black day" and stage peaceful protests.
In a statement Geelani termed Oct. 27 when the first batch of Indian troops landed in Kashmire as "the sorrowful and ominous day in the history of south Asia."
"Since October 1947, India has been holding Kashmire by its military might," Geelani said in a statement.
Thousands of Indian cops and paramilitary troops were spread across the Kashmire capital Srinagar early Wednesday to strictly enforce the curfew.
All the entry points to the city were sealed by coils of razor fitted wire and other barricades.
Roads leading to the UNMOG headquarters located in the posh Sonwar locality of capital city were also sealed by the Indian police and no movement was allowed.
Curfew was also imposed in other towns of Kashmire and security was tightened there as well. Nevertheless festivities between pro-independence protesters and security forces erupted in capital city and other towns, according to police.