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2005-11-25 Afghanistan-Pak-India

No let-up in infiltrations from Pakistan: India

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#1 Pakistan has been engaged in slaughter from its founding..

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Fall of Mirpur

By C P Gupta

Mirpur, the erstwhile District Headquarter and Commercial Hub Center of Jammu and Kashmir State, now a part of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), fell to the cruel hands of raiders on 25th November 1947. The whole town having a population of 25,000 souls, was butchered mercilessly only because the noble sons of the soil of Mirpur, had unitedly decided not to allow the raiders to enter into the city even at the cost of their lives. It was beyond imagination that a man made earth quake would turn the entire city of Mirpur into to graveyard of dead bodies and excepting the sky, no body else would be there to cremate the dead bodies of more that 18,000 noble souls of men, women and innocent children and to hear the terrible cries of half dead wounded persons who were hanging in the cruel jaws of death; The terrible end calculated that out of the population of 25,000 persons of Mirpur city, more than 18,000 were killed on the spot and out of the remaining, 7000 about 3500 were made prisoners and the rest about 3500 could reach Jammu in a very miserable condition. The author who had witnessed the said terrible scene of naked dance of death at Mirpur was of the age of 16 years at that time. Soon, after the 15th August, 1947, Pakistan pushed her army and mercenary Pathans who laid seize of the city of Mirpur and chocked it by denying access to all essential commodities. The incessant firing and heavy gun operation forced the small and ill equipped State Forces to confine themselves in their pickets within the city. The State Forces were fully assisted by the young civil population of Mirpur city. The Garrison repulsed the enemy attacks on 6th, 10th and 11th November 1947. The residents of Mirpur city were confident that the Government of Jammu and Kashmir and the Government of India would come to their rescue but alas! none of the two Governments sent any ammunition and the fighting force through Air Crafts or through Land Links. Due to irony of fate, the only Wireless operation which was in Police camp, went out of order due to some mechanical defect which led to description in radio link with the two Governments who remained mute to see the fate of the citizens of Mirpur. At the midnight of November 23, under a thick cover of artillery shelling and bursting of grenades which are normally used during an openly declared war, the Pakistan Army launched a major attack on the Eastern part of the city which was resisted by the depleting Garrison Forces, for six hours. This was the heaviest attack witnessed so far. The Post put up the most spirited resistance but the enemy came in wave after wave and after six hours of ceaseless fighting that portion of the defence was run-over by seven Pathans who entered the town at midnight. Alarmed by the worst critical situation, the internal flying Death Squads engaged themselves madly in hand to hand fight with the infiltrators and kept the other enemy soldiers at bay at the cost of many casualties to our young men who were on the Pickets. The Operation remained in action till the morning of November 24. In that critical situation, the State Administration clandestinely, decided to retreat to Jammu leaving behind the hapless citizens to face the warth of the marauders who like hungry wolves unlaced their dress of savagery and killed more than 18000 unarmed civilians. At about 8-30 A.M. on November 25, 1947 when the fully armed raiders entered the city from all the sides pushing the people into one corner of the city. Within half an hour, the old and beautiful city of Mirpur turned into a hell. The terrified men, women and children in utter chaos and confusion in the midst of heavy firing from all the sides and in the chocking atmosphere due to smoke coming out of the burning houses of the city, marched in a caravan to an unknown land. The people who had flourishing business and had a life of bounty and plenty suddenly became the prey of death. The curtain of tragic scene of naked dance of death, dropped with grave like silence where there was none to utter the mourning tune on the unprecedented turmoil, which brought the tragic ruin of Mirpur.

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