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'''Khalid Bashir Ahmad''' is a Kashmiri author, poet, and former civil servant.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-08 |title=Khalid Bashir's Latest 'Kashmir Discovery' Setting Records Straight |url=https://kashmirobserver.net/2021/05/08/khalid-bashirs-latest-kashmir-discovery-setting-records-straight/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=Kashmir Observer |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=Zutshi2017>{{Cite web |last=Zutshi |first=Chitralekha |author-link=Chitralekha Zutshi |date=2017-10-24 |title=This book claims to expose the myths behind Kashmir's history. It exposes its own biases instead |url=https://scroll.in/article/855050/this-book-claims-to-expose-the-myths-behind-kashmirs-history-it-exposes-its-own-biases-instead |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref> Ahmad served in the [[Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service]]s (KAS) and as the Director of Information and Public Relations Secretary of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages|Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture, and Languages]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Life |first=Kashmir |date=2013-04-22 |title=Down the Memory Lane |url=https://kashmirlife.net/down-the-memory-lane-28663/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=Kashmir Life |language=en-GB}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=June 2025}}<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Khalid Bashir Ahmad was born in the State of Occupied [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], on February 20th 1954, where he also received his early education. In 1975 he graduated with honors in [[Political science]] from [[Sri Pratap College|SP College]] and later enrolled in a master's degree program in sociology at [[Aligarh Muslim University]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} Due to health issues, he returned to Kashmir and completed a [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate degree]] in political science at the [[University of Kashmir]] between 1975 and 1977.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-25 |title=Khalid Bashir's Latest 'Kashmir Discovery' Setting Records Straight – Kashmir Observer |url=https://kashmirobserver.net/2021/05/08/khalid-bashirs-latest-kashmir-discovery-setting-records-straight/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225085320/https://kashmirobserver.net/2021/05/08/khalid-bashirs-latest-kashmir-discovery-setting-records-straight/ |archive-date=25 February 2024 }}</ref><br />
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== Career and literary works ==<br />
Ahmad worked in civil service, holding positions within the [[Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service]]s. His roles included serving as Director of Information and Public Relations as well as being The Secretary of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages|Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture, and Languages]].{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}<br />
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As a writer, Ahmad has authored works on the history and politics of Kashmir. His book ''Kashmir: Exposing the Myth Behind the Narrative'' (2017) examines historical claims about the region, particularly those made by [[Kashmiri Pandits]] organizations regarding forced migration and persecution.<ref>{{citation |last=Boutier |first=Indira |date=2023 |chapter=First step towards a legal understanding of minority groups discrimination: the case of Kashmiri Pandits |editor-last1=De Perini |editor-first1=Pietro |editor-last2=De Stefani |editor-first2=Paolo |title=What's New in Human Rights Doctoral Research: A Collection of Critical Literature Reviews. |volume=5 |publisher=Padova University Press |pages=58–78}}</ref><ref name=Zutshi2017/> [[Chitralekha Zutshi]], a scholar and historian of Kashmir, cautions that the work is [[Historical negationism|ahistorical]] and [[polemic]], and calls it 'dangerous and tendentious.'<ref name=Zutshi2017/> She remarks that Ahmed has [[Cherry picking|cherrypicked]] his sources—both secondary and primary—to further a specific agenda, and obscures them on occasion.<ref name=Zutshi2017/><br />
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His other works include ''Jhelum: The River Through My Backyard'', ''Kashmir: Looking Back in Time'', and ''Kashmir: A Walk Through History'', which focuses on aspects of the region's political and cultural heritage.<br />
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== Books ==<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Khalid Bashir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7KTrAQAACAAJ |title=Kashmir: Exposing the Myth behind the Narrative |date=2017-07-20 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-93-86062-80-2 |edition=Original |location=India |language=English}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Khalid Bashir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WuMPHAAACAAJ |title=Jhelum, the River Through My Backyard |date=2001 |publisher=By Bookman Publishers |language=en}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Khalid Bashir |year=2023 |title=Kashmir: Looking Back in Time |publisher=By: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors |isbn=978-8126932405}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Khalid Bashir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bY9MzQEACAAJ |title=Kashmir: A Walk Through History |date=2019 |publisher=Gulshan Books |isbn=978-81-8339-574-8 |language=en}}<br />
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