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	'''Panun Kashmir''' ({{lang-en\|Our Kashmir}}) is a proposed [[union territory]] of [[India]] in the [[Kashmir Valley]], which is intended to be a homeland for [[Kashmiri Hindus]]. The demand arose after the [[Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/involve-panun-kashmir-in-talks-on-return-of-kps-ambardar/ \|title=Involve 'Panun Kashmir' in talks on return of KPs: Ambardar \|last=Excelsior \|first=Daily \|date=2017-01-09 \|access-date=2019-03-14 \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N9lIvr3q9JwC&pg=PA149 \|title=Kashmir in the Shadow of War: Regional Rivalries in a Nuclear Age \|last=Wirsing \|first=Robert \|date=2003 \|publisher=M.E. Sharpe \|isbn=9780765610898 \|page=149 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/carve-out-separate-union-territory-kashmiri-pandits-jhelum-1574559-2019-07-28\|title=Carve out separate state within India for Kashmiri Pandits along Jhelum river: Panun Kashmir\|last=PTI\|first=([[Press Trust of India]])\|date=July 28, 2019\|website=[[India Today]]\|language=en\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/700-eminent-kashmiri-pandits-support-centre-s-decision-on-article-370-panun-kashmir-119082200778_1.html\|title=700 eminent Kashmiri Pandits support Centre's decision on Article 370: Panun Kashmir\|agency=Press Trust of India\|date=2019-08-22\|work=Business Standard India\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/post-370-kashmiri-pandits-wait-return-homes\|title=Post 370, Kashmiri Hindus wait to return to their homes\|date=2019-10-19\|website=The Sunday Guardian Live\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref> The vision of the homeland was elucidated in the Margdarshan Resolution of 1991. ~~Punun~~ Kashmir is also the name of an eponymously named organisation.		'''Panun Kashmir''' ({{lang-en\|Our Kashmir}}) is a proposed [[union territory]] of [[India]] in the [[Kashmir Valley]], which is intended to be a homeland for [[Kashmiri Hindus]]. The demand arose after the [[Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/involve-panun-kashmir-in-talks-on-return-of-kps-ambardar/ \|title=Involve 'Panun Kashmir' in talks on return of KPs: Ambardar \|last=Excelsior \|first=Daily \|date=2017-01-09 \|access-date=2019-03-14 \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N9lIvr3q9JwC&pg=PA149 \|title=Kashmir in the Shadow of War: Regional Rivalries in a Nuclear Age \|last=Wirsing \|first=Robert \|date=2003 \|publisher=M.E. Sharpe \|isbn=9780765610898 \|page=149 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/carve-out-separate-union-territory-kashmiri-pandits-jhelum-1574559-2019-07-28\|title=Carve out separate state within India for Kashmiri Pandits along Jhelum river: Panun Kashmir\|last=PTI\|first=([[Press Trust of India]])\|date=July 28, 2019\|website=[[India Today]]\|language=en\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/700-eminent-kashmiri-pandits-support-centre-s-decision-on-article-370-panun-kashmir-119082200778_1.html\|title=700 eminent Kashmiri Pandits support Centre's decision on Article 370: Panun Kashmir\|agency=Press Trust of India\|date=2019-08-22\|work=Business Standard India\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/post-370-kashmiri-pandits-wait-return-homes\|title=Post 370, Kashmiri Hindus wait to return to their homes\|date=2019-10-19\|website=The Sunday Guardian Live\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref> The vision of the homeland was elucidated in the Margdarshan Resolution of 1991. Panun Kashmir is also the name of an eponymously named organisation.

	==Origin and etymology==		==Origin and etymology==
	{{See also\|Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus}}		{{See also\|1986 Kashmir Riots\|Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus}}
	Panun Kashir is derived from [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]] {{lang\|ks-Latn\|panun kaśīr}}, which means "our own Kashmir". The Panun Kashmir organisation was founded by Kashmiris, including Kashmiri Hindu writer and activist [[Agnishekhar]], in 1990 after the [[exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] from [[Kashmir]], under threat from militants. Approximately 300,000<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Devinder \|date=2014-11-21 \|chapter=Reinventing Agency, Sacred Geography and Community Formation: The Case of Displaced Kashmiri Pandits in India \|language=en \|location=Dordrecht \|publisher=Springer Netherlands \|pages=397–414 \|doi=10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_20 \|isbn=9789401793759\|title=The Changing World Religion Map }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|date=1995 \|journal=Refugee Survey Quarterly \|volume=14 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=176–191 \|doi=10.1093/rsq/14.1-2.176 \|issn=1020-4067\|title=Protection Aspects of Unhcr Activities on Behalf of Internally Displaced Persons }}:The mass exodus began on 1 March 1990, when about 250,000 of the 300,000 Kashmiri Pandits fled the State</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Yong \|first=Amos \|date=2011 \|title=Constructing China's Jerusalem: Christians, Power, and Place in Contemporary Wenzhou - By Nanlai Cao \|journal=Religious Studies Review \|language=en \|volume=37 \|issue=3 \|pages=236 \|doi=10.1111/j.1748-0922.2011.01544_1.x \|issn=0319-485X}}</ref> to 600,000<ref name="CIA">{{Cite journal \|date=2009-05-13 \|title=CIA - The World Factbook -- India \|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513142313/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2009-05-13 \|quote=at least 600,000 (about half are Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and Kashmir) (2007)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=Casimir \|first1=Michael J. \|last2=Lancaster \|first2=William \|last3=Rao \|first3=Aparna \|date=1997-06-01 \|title=Editorial \|journal=Nomadic Peoples \|volume=1 \|issue=1 \|pages=3–4 \|doi=10.3167/082279497782384668 \|issn=0822-7942}}:From 1947 on, Kashmir's roughly 700,000 Hindus felt increasingly uneasy and discriminated against, and youth … from a variety of sources such as Islamist organizations, Islamic countries,		Panun Kashir is derived from [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]] {{lang\|ks-Latn\|panun kaśīr}}, which means "our own Kashmir". The Panun Kashmir organisation was founded by Kashmiris, including Kashmiri Hindu writer and activist [[Agnishekhar]], in 1990 after the [[exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] from [[Kashmir]], under threat from militants. Approximately 300,000<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Devinder \|date=2014-11-21 \|chapter=Reinventing Agency, Sacred Geography and Community Formation: The Case of Displaced Kashmiri Pandits in India \|language=en \|location=Dordrecht \|publisher=Springer Netherlands \|pages=397–414 \|doi=10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_20 \|isbn=9789401793759\|title=The Changing World Religion Map }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|date=1995 \|journal=Refugee Survey Quarterly \|volume=14 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=176–191 \|doi=10.1093/rsq/14.1-2.176 \|issn=1020-4067\|title=Protection Aspects of Unhcr Activities on Behalf of Internally Displaced Persons }}:The mass exodus began on 1 March 1990, when about 250,000 of the 300,000 Kashmiri Pandits fled the State</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Yong \|first=Amos \|date=2011 \|title=Constructing China's Jerusalem: Christians, Power, and Place in Contemporary Wenzhou - By Nanlai Cao \|journal=Religious Studies Review \|language=en \|volume=37 \|issue=3 \|pages=236 \|doi=10.1111/j.1748-0922.2011.01544_1.x \|issn=0319-485X}}</ref> to 600,000<ref name="CIA">{{Cite journal \|date=2009-05-13 \|title=CIA - The World Factbook -- India \|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513142313/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2009-05-13 \|quote=at least 600,000 (about half are Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and Kashmir) (2007)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=Casimir \|first1=Michael J. \|last2=Lancaster \|first2=William \|last3=Rao \|first3=Aparna \|date=1997-06-01 \|title=Editorial \|journal=Nomadic Peoples \|volume=1 \|issue=1 \|pages=3–4 \|doi=10.3167/082279497782384668 \|issn=0822-7942}}:From 1947 on, Kashmir's roughly 700,000 Hindus felt increasingly uneasy and discriminated against, and youth … from a variety of sources such as Islamist organizations, Islamic countries,
	Kashmiri Muslim fund raisers in the West, and migrant labor from ~~Azad~~ Kashmir in the …</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Sarkaria \|first=Mallika Kaur \|date=2009\|title=Powerful Pawns of the Kashmir Conflict: Kashmiri Pandit Migrants \|journal=Asian and Pacific Migration Journal \|language=en \|volume=18 \|issue=2 \|pages=197–230 \|doi=10.1177/011719680901800202 \|s2cid=145137184 \|issn=0117-1968}}:~~… of the Centre of Central Asian Studies, Kashmir University, and member of Panun Kashmir (a Pandit … the Valley in 1990,~~ believes "it could be anything between 300,000 to 600,000 people</ref> Kashmiri Hindus fled Kashmir due to rising armed rebellion in Kashmir. However, Panun Kashmir estimates nearly 700,000 refugees.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html \|title=A Homeland for the Kashmiri Pandits \|publisher=Panun Kashmir \|~~archiveurl~~=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193159/http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html \|~~archivedate~~=2013-10-29}}</ref>		Kashmiri Muslim fund raisers in the West, and migrant labor from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in the …</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Sarkaria \|first=Mallika Kaur \|date=2009\|title=Powerful Pawns of the Kashmir Conflict: Kashmiri Pandit Migrants \|journal=Asian and Pacific Migration Journal \|language=en \|volume=18 \|issue=2 \|pages=197–230 \|doi=10.1177/011719680901800202 \|s2cid=145137184 \|issn=0117-1968}}: Mr. Zalpuri... believes "it could be anything between 300,000 to 600,000 people"</ref> Kashmiri Hindus fled Kashmir due to rising armed rebellion in Kashmir. However, Panun Kashmir estimates nearly 700,000 refugees.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html \|title=A Homeland for the Kashmiri Pandits \|publisher=Panun Kashmir \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193159/http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html \|archive-date=2013-10-29}}</ref>

	==Proposed union territory of Panun Kashmir==		==Proposed union territory of Panun Kashmir==
	The organisation passed a resolution, known as the Margdarshan Resolution,<ref>{{Cite web\|last=PTI\|date=2017-02-12\|title=Modi govt has no objection to homeland for Kashmiri Pandits, says Jitendra Singh\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/Nhwhm0RrxbCtuMjeOjLwUL/Modi-govt-has-no-objection-to-homeland-for-Kashmiri-Pandits.html\|access-date=2021-12-21\|website=mint\|language=en}}</ref> in Jammu in December 1991 demanding ~~that~~:<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Noorani\|first=A. G.\|author-link=A. G. Noorani\|date=2016-07-09\|title=~~Kashmir’s~~ Pandits\|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1269592\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712114135/http://www.dawn.com/news/1269592\|archive-date=12 July 2021\|access-date=2021-12-21\|website=Dawn}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web\|url=http://www.panunkashmir.org/homeland/2.html \|title=Why Homeland? Introduction \|publisher=Panun Kashmir \|~~date= \|archiveurl~~=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193353/http://www.panunkashmir.org/homeland/2.html \|~~archivedate~~=2013-10-29}}</ref> <blockquote>		The organisation passed a resolution, known as the Margdarshan Resolution,<ref>{{Cite web\|last=PTI\|date=2017-02-12\|title=Modi govt has no objection to homeland for Kashmiri Pandits, says Jitendra Singh\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/Nhwhm0RrxbCtuMjeOjLwUL/Modi-govt-has-no-objection-to-homeland-for-Kashmiri-Pandits.html\|access-date=2021-12-21\|website=mint\|language=en}}</ref> in Jammu in December 1991 demanding:<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Noorani\|first=A. G.\|author-link=A. G. Noorani\|date=2016-07-09\|title=Kashmir's Pandits\|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1269592\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712114135/http://www.dawn.com/news/1269592\|archive-date=12 July 2021\|access-date=2021-12-21\|website=Dawn}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web\|url=http://www.panunkashmir.org/homeland/2.html \|title=Why Homeland? Introduction \|publisher=Panun Kashmir \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193353/http://www.panunkashmir.org/homeland/2.html \|archive-date=2013-10-29}}</ref> <blockquote>
	(a) the establishment of a Homeland for the Kashmiri Hindus in the Valley of Kashmir comprising the regions of the Valley to the East and North of [[Jhelum River]].		(a) the establishment of a Homeland for the Kashmiri Hindus in the Valley of Kashmir comprising the regions of the Valley to the East and North of [[Jhelum River]].

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	Some advocates for Panun Kashmir wish that the majority of the valley of Kashmir and cities such as [[Srinagar]], [[Anantnag]], [[Sopore]], [[Baramulla]] and [[Awantipora]] be included in the proposed union territory. However, the organisation claims that it in fact does not seek a Hindu homeland. Rather, it seeks a homeland for Kashmiri Hindus who are ready to live peacefully with their Muslim neighbours assuming the conditions are met for resettlement.		Some advocates for Panun Kashmir wish that the majority of the valley of Kashmir and cities such as [[Srinagar]], [[Anantnag]], [[Sopore]], [[Baramulla]] and [[Awantipora]] be included in the proposed union territory. However, the organisation claims that it in fact does not seek a Hindu homeland. Rather, it seeks a homeland for Kashmiri Hindus who are ready to live peacefully with their Muslim neighbours assuming the conditions are met for resettlement.

	~~Dr Agnishekhar is Convenor of Panun Kashmir and Dr Ajay Chrungoo is Chairperson of Panun Kashmir. Rahul Kaul hold the post of President of its Youth wing, Youth 4 Panun Kashmir.~~

	==Support==		==Support==
	The Panun Kashmir organisation has consistently pushed for a separate UT. The organisation also strongly supported the abrogation of [[Article 370]] and [[Article 35a]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/panun-kashmir-faction-wants-abrogation-of-aticle-370/story-iYVm1neovjtcliGlCeOmUL.html\|title=Panun Kashmir faction wants abrogation of ~~Aticle~~ 370\|date=3 February 2007}}</ref>		The Panun Kashmir organisation has consistently pushed for a separate UT. The organisation also strongly supported the abrogation of [[Article 370]] and [[Article 35a]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/panun-kashmir-faction-wants-abrogation-of-aticle-370/story-iYVm1neovjtcliGlCeOmUL.html\|title=Panun Kashmir faction wants abrogation of Article 370\|date=3 February 2007}}</ref>

	[[Ikkjutt Jammu]], a political party in Jammu and Kashmir, openly advocates for a separate Panun Kashmir, as well as the separation of [[Jammu Division]] from Kashmir.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://thekashmiriyat.co.uk/we-should-be-trained-with-arms-necessary-to-form-israel-in-kashmir-pandit-activist/\|title=We Should be Trained with Arms, Necessary to Form Israel in Kashmir: Pandit Activist\|date=9 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thenorthernherald.com/newsdetail/30363/jammu/forget-delimitation-divide-kashmir-grant-statehood-to-jammu\|title = Forget Delimitation; Divide Kashmir; Grant Statehood to Jammu: IkkJutt Jammu - the Northern Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/chorus-grows-louder-for-statehood-to-jammu-101623264489917-amp.html\|title = Chorus grows louder for statehood to Jammu\|date = 10 June 2021}}</ref>		[[Ikkjutt Jammu]], a political party in Jammu and Kashmir, openly advocates for a separate Panun Kashmir, as well as the separation of [[Jammu Division]] from Kashmir.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://thekashmiriyat.co.uk/we-should-be-trained-with-arms-necessary-to-form-israel-in-kashmir-pandit-activist/\|title=We Should be Trained with Arms, Necessary to Form Israel in Kashmir: Pandit Activist\|date=9 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thenorthernherald.com/newsdetail/30363/jammu/forget-delimitation-divide-kashmir-grant-statehood-to-jammu\|title = Forget Delimitation; Divide Kashmir; Grant Statehood to Jammu: IkkJutt Jammu - the Northern Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/chorus-grows-louder-for-statehood-to-jammu-101623264489917-amp.html\|title = Chorus grows louder for statehood to Jammu\|date = 10 June 2021}}</ref>

	Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, a BJP and Kashmiri Hindu leader, also favours Panun Kashmir and reserved seats for Kashmiri Hindus in the JK assembly. <ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/chrungoo-for-reservation-of-5-seats-for-kps-in-assembly/\|title=Chrungoo for reservation of 5 seats for KPS in Assembly\|date=18 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/ahead-of-delimitation-commission-meeting-kashmiri-pandits-push-for-reservation-in-legislative-assembly/\|title = Ahead of Delimitation Commission meeting, Kashmiri Pandits push for reservation in Legislative Assembly - the Kashmir Monitor}}</ref>

	==Opposition==		==Opposition==
	On 28 November 2019, India's consul-general in New York proposed an "[[Israeli settlement\|Israeli model]]" on Kashmir to help the Kashmiri Pandits {{clarify\|Pandits\|date=August 2021}} return to their homeland. His hour-long video sparked outrage. Muslim Kashmiri activists and some Hindu Kashmiris feared that this will lead to worsening military control, losing their jobs to outsiders, and the loss of their identity by causing Hindus to replace the Muslim majority. This proposition has been compared to a "settler-colonial project", and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned the proposal as reflecting "the fascist mindset of the Indian government".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/28/anger-over-indias-diplomat-calling-for-israel-model-in-kashmir\|title = Anger over India's diplomat calling for 'Israel model' in Kashmir}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/6/20/bringing-the-israeli-model-to-kashmir\|title = Bringing the Israeli model to Kashmir}}</ref>		On 28 November 2019, India's consul-general in New York proposed an "[[Israeli settlement\|Israeli model]]" on Kashmir to help the Kashmiri Pandits {{clarify\|Pandits\|date=August 2021}} return to their homeland. His hour-long video sparked outrage. Muslim Kashmiri activists and some Hindu Kashmiris feared that this will lead to worsening military control, losing their jobs to outsiders, and the loss of their identity by causing Hindus to replace the Muslim majority. This proposition has been compared to a "settler-colonial project", and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned the proposal as reflecting "the fascist mindset of the Indian government".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/28/anger-over-indias-diplomat-calling-for-israel-model-in-kashmir\|title = Anger over India's diplomat calling for 'Israel model' in Kashmir}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/6/20/bringing-the-israeli-model-to-kashmir\|title = Bringing the Israeli model to Kashmir}}</ref>

	After the murder of Rakesh Pandit by unidentified militants on June 2021, several members of the Panun Kashmir group proposed a military campaign to establish a separate Hindu region, where Kashmiri Pandits would be armed against local militants. That meeting and their proposed Union Territory has been opposed by Muslim activists, who compared the proposal to Israeli actions against the Palestinians.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/important-to-make-an-israel-kashmiri-pandit-leaders-want-military-approach/\|title="Important to make an Israel": Kashmiri Pandit leaders want military approach\|date=7 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/if-the-israeli-people-can-do-it-we-can-also-do-it-normalisation-of-israels-colonial-desires/\|title = 'If the Israeli people can do it. We can also do it': Normalisation of Israel's colonial desires\|newspaper = The Kashmir Walla\|date = 24 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/sacrifice-and-surrender-rsss-mantra-for-kashmiri-pandit-rehabilitation/\|title = 'Sacrifice and surrender': RSS's mantra for Kashmiri Pandit rehabilitation\|date = 14 June 2021}}</ref>		After the murder of Rakesh Pandit by unidentified militants in June 2021, several members of the Panun Kashmir group proposed a military campaign to establish a separate Hindu region, where Kashmiri Pandits would be armed against local militants. That meeting and their proposed Union Territory has been opposed by Muslim activists, who compared the proposal to Israeli actions against the Palestinians.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/important-to-make-an-israel-kashmiri-pandit-leaders-want-military-approach/\|title="Important to make an Israel": Kashmiri Pandit leaders want military approach\|date=7 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/if-the-israeli-people-can-do-it-we-can-also-do-it-normalisation-of-israels-colonial-desires/\|title = 'If the Israeli people can do it. We can also do it': Normalisation of Israel's colonial desires\|newspaper = The Kashmir Walla\|date = 24 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/sacrifice-and-surrender-rsss-mantra-for-kashmiri-pandit-rehabilitation/\|title = 'Sacrifice and surrender': RSS's mantra for Kashmiri Pandit rehabilitation\|date = 14 June 2021}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''Panun Kashmir''' ({{lang-en\|Our Kashmir}}) is a proposed [[union territory]] of [[India]] in the [[Kashmir Valley]], which is intended to be a homeland for [[Kashmiri Hindus]]. The demand arose after the [[Exodus ~~of Kashmiri Hindus\|ethnic cleansing~~ of Kashmiri Hindus]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/involve-panun-kashmir-in-talks-on-return-of-kps-ambardar/ \|title=Involve 'Panun Kashmir' in talks on return of KPs: Ambardar \|last=Excelsior \|first=Daily \|date=2017-01-09 \|access-date=2019-03-14 \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N9lIvr3q9JwC&pg=PA149 \|title=Kashmir in the Shadow of War: Regional Rivalries in a Nuclear Age \|last=Wirsing \|first=Robert \|date=2003 \|publisher=M.E. Sharpe \|isbn=9780765610898 \|page=149 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/carve-out-separate-union-territory-kashmiri-pandits-jhelum-1574559-2019-07-28\|title=Carve out separate state within India for Kashmiri Pandits along Jhelum river: Panun Kashmir\|last=PTI\|first=([[Press Trust of India]])\|date=July 28, 2019\|website=[[India Today]]\|language=en\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/700-eminent-kashmiri-pandits-support-centre-s-decision-on-article-370-panun-kashmir-119082200778_1.html\|title=700 eminent Kashmiri Pandits support Centre's decision on Article 370: Panun Kashmir\|agency=Press Trust of India\|date=2019-08-22\|work=Business Standard India\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/post-370-kashmiri-pandits-wait-return-homes\|title=Post 370, Kashmiri Hindus wait to return to their homes\|date=2019-10-19\|website=The Sunday Guardian Live\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref>		'''Panun Kashmir''' ({{lang-en\|Our Kashmir}}) is a proposed [[union territory]] of [[India]] in the [[Kashmir Valley]], which is intended to be a homeland for [[Kashmiri Hindus]]. The demand arose after the [[Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/involve-panun-kashmir-in-talks-on-return-of-kps-ambardar/ \|title=Involve 'Panun Kashmir' in talks on return of KPs: Ambardar \|last=Excelsior \|first=Daily \|date=2017-01-09 \|access-date=2019-03-14 \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N9lIvr3q9JwC&pg=PA149 \|title=Kashmir in the Shadow of War: Regional Rivalries in a Nuclear Age \|last=Wirsing \|first=Robert \|date=2003 \|publisher=M.E. Sharpe \|isbn=9780765610898 \|page=149 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/carve-out-separate-union-territory-kashmiri-pandits-jhelum-1574559-2019-07-28\|title=Carve out separate state within India for Kashmiri Pandits along Jhelum river: Panun Kashmir\|last=PTI\|first=([[Press Trust of India]])\|date=July 28, 2019\|website=[[India Today]]\|language=en\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/700-eminent-kashmiri-pandits-support-centre-s-decision-on-article-370-panun-kashmir-119082200778_1.html\|title=700 eminent Kashmiri Pandits support Centre's decision on Article 370: Panun Kashmir\|agency=Press Trust of India\|date=2019-08-22\|work=Business Standard India\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/post-370-kashmiri-pandits-wait-return-homes\|title=Post 370, Kashmiri Hindus wait to return to their homes\|date=2019-10-19\|website=The Sunday Guardian Live\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref>

	==Origin and etymology==		==Origin and etymology==
	{{See also\|Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus}}		{{See also\|Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus}}
	Panun Kashir is derived from [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]] {{lang\|ks-Latn\|panun kaśīr}}, which means "our own Kashmir". The Panun Kashmir organisation was founded by [[~~Agnishekhar\|Dr.~~ Agnishekhar]] in 1990 after the [[exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] from [[Kashmir]], under threat from militants. Approximately 300,000<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Devinder \|date=2014-11-21 \|chapter=Reinventing Agency, Sacred Geography and Community Formation: The Case of Displaced Kashmiri Pandits in India \|language=en \|location=Dordrecht \|publisher=Springer Netherlands \|pages=397–414 \|doi=10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_20 \|isbn=9789401793759\|title=The Changing World Religion Map }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|date=1995 \|journal=Refugee Survey Quarterly \|volume=14 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=176–191 \|doi=10.1093/rsq/14.1-2.176 \|issn=1020-4067\|title=Protection Aspects of Unhcr Activities on Behalf of Internally Displaced Persons }}:The mass exodus began on 1 March 1990, when about 250,000 of the 300,000 Kashmiri Pandits fled the State</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Yong \|first=Amos \|date=2011 \|title=Constructing China's Jerusalem: Christians, Power, and Place in Contemporary Wenzhou - By Nanlai Cao \|journal=Religious Studies Review \|language=en \|volume=37 \|issue=3 \|pages=236 \|doi=10.1111/j.1748-0922.2011.01544_1.x \|issn=0319-485X}}</ref> to 600,000<ref name="CIA">{{Cite journal \|date=2009-05-13 \|title=CIA - The World Factbook -- India \|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513142313/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2009-05-13 \|quote=at least 600,000 (about half are Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and Kashmir) (2007)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=Casimir \|first1=Michael J. \|last2=Lancaster \|first2=William \|last3=Rao \|first3=Aparna \|date=1997-06-01 \|title=Editorial \|journal=Nomadic Peoples \|volume=1 \|issue=1 \|pages=3–4 \|doi=10.3167/082279497782384668 \|issn=0822-7942}}:From 1947 on, Kashmir's roughly 700,000 Hindus felt increasingly uneasy and discriminated against, and youth … from a variety of sources such as Islamist organizations, Islamic countries,		Panun Kashir is derived from [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]] {{lang\|ks-Latn\|panun kaśīr}}, which means "our own Kashmir". The Panun Kashmir organisation was founded by [[Agnishekhar]] in 1990 after the [[exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] from [[Kashmir]], under threat from militants. Approximately 300,000<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Devinder \|date=2014-11-21 \|chapter=Reinventing Agency, Sacred Geography and Community Formation: The Case of Displaced Kashmiri Pandits in India \|language=en \|location=Dordrecht \|publisher=Springer Netherlands \|pages=397–414 \|doi=10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_20 \|isbn=9789401793759\|title=The Changing World Religion Map }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|date=1995 \|journal=Refugee Survey Quarterly \|volume=14 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=176–191 \|doi=10.1093/rsq/14.1-2.176 \|issn=1020-4067\|title=Protection Aspects of Unhcr Activities on Behalf of Internally Displaced Persons }}:The mass exodus began on 1 March 1990, when about 250,000 of the 300,000 Kashmiri Pandits fled the State</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Yong \|first=Amos \|date=2011 \|title=Constructing China's Jerusalem: Christians, Power, and Place in Contemporary Wenzhou - By Nanlai Cao \|journal=Religious Studies Review \|language=en \|volume=37 \|issue=3 \|pages=236 \|doi=10.1111/j.1748-0922.2011.01544_1.x \|issn=0319-485X}}</ref> to 600,000<ref name="CIA">{{Cite journal \|date=2009-05-13 \|title=CIA - The World Factbook -- India \|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513142313/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2009-05-13 \|quote=at least 600,000 (about half are Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and Kashmir) (2007)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=Casimir \|first1=Michael J. \|last2=Lancaster \|first2=William \|last3=Rao \|first3=Aparna \|date=1997-06-01 \|title=Editorial \|journal=Nomadic Peoples \|volume=1 \|issue=1 \|pages=3–4 \|doi=10.3167/082279497782384668 \|issn=0822-7942}}:From 1947 on, Kashmir's roughly 700,000 Hindus felt increasingly uneasy and discriminated against, and youth … from a variety of sources such as Islamist organizations, Islamic countries,
	Kashmiri Muslim fund raisers in the West, and migrant labor from Azad Kashmir in the …</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Sarkaria \|first=Mallika Kaur \|date=2009\|title=Powerful Pawns of the Kashmir Conflict: Kashmiri Pandit Migrants \|journal=Asian and Pacific Migration Journal \|language=en \|volume=18 \|issue=2 \|pages=197–230 \|doi=10.1177/011719680901800202 \|s2cid=145137184 \|issn=0117-1968}}:… of the Centre of Central Asian Studies, Kashmir University, and member of Panun Kashmir (a Pandit … the Valley in 1990, believes "it could be anything between 300,000 to 600,000 people</ref> Kashmiri Hindus fled Kashmir due to rising armed rebellion in Kashmir. However, Panun Kashmir estimates nearly 700,000 refugees.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html \|title=A Homeland for the Kashmiri Pandits \|publisher=Panun Kashmir \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193159/http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html \|archivedate=2013-10-29}}</ref>		Kashmiri Muslim fund raisers in the West, and migrant labor from Azad Kashmir in the …</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Sarkaria \|first=Mallika Kaur \|date=2009\|title=Powerful Pawns of the Kashmir Conflict: Kashmiri Pandit Migrants \|journal=Asian and Pacific Migration Journal \|language=en \|volume=18 \|issue=2 \|pages=197–230 \|doi=10.1177/011719680901800202 \|s2cid=145137184 \|issn=0117-1968}}:… of the Centre of Central Asian Studies, Kashmir University, and member of Panun Kashmir (a Pandit … the Valley in 1990, believes "it could be anything between 300,000 to 600,000 people</ref> Kashmiri Hindus fled Kashmir due to rising armed rebellion in Kashmir. However, Panun Kashmir estimates nearly 700,000 refugees.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html \|title=A Homeland for the Kashmiri Pandits \|publisher=Panun Kashmir \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193159/http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html \|archivedate=2013-10-29}}</ref>

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	Some advocates for Panun Kashmir wish that the majority of the valley of Kashmir and cities such as [[Srinagar]], [[Anantnag]], [[Sopore]], [[Baramulla]] and [[Awantipora]] be included in the proposed union territory. However, the organisation claims that it in fact does not seek a Hindu homeland. Rather, it seeks a homeland for Kashmiri Hindus who are ready to live peacefully with their Muslim neighbours assuming the conditions are met for resettlement.		Some advocates for Panun Kashmir wish that the majority of the valley of Kashmir and cities such as [[Srinagar]], [[Anantnag]], [[Sopore]], [[Baramulla]] and [[Awantipora]] be included in the proposed union territory. However, the organisation claims that it in fact does not seek a Hindu homeland. Rather, it seeks a homeland for Kashmiri Hindus who are ready to live peacefully with their Muslim neighbours assuming the conditions are met for resettlement.

	Dr Agnishekhar is Convenor of Panun Kashmir and Dr Ajay Chrungoo is Chairperson of Panun Kashmir. Rahul Kaul hold the post of President of its Youth wing , Youth 4 Panun Kashmir.		Dr Agnishekhar is Convenor of Panun Kashmir and Dr Ajay Chrungoo is Chairperson of Panun Kashmir. Rahul Kaul hold the post of President of its Youth wing, Youth 4 Panun Kashmir.

	~~==Youth 4 Panun Kashmir ==~~
	Youth 4 Panun Kashmir (Regd) works under the aegis of Panun Kashmir, is a youth body, having international presence all across the globe. It is credited with organising the First Kashmiri Hindu International Youth Conference, year 2012 in Pune, Second Kashmiri Hindu International Youth Conference, Delhi, 2015, 15 National Conferences and 100s of protests across India. Youth 4 Panun Kashmir also embarked on a Nationwide Connect program called "Ek Bharat Abhiyan - Kashmir ki Aur", where it held 58 Major rallies across the Nation, it also held more than 300 Gram Sabha level meetings and in total reached to 28 States in India, garnerning massive support for the Rehablitation of Kashmiri Hindus in their homeland.

	==Support==		==Support==
	There is wide support for Panun Kashmir from various individuals and groups. [[Kashmiri Hindu]] activists such as Nancy Kaul, Sushil Pandit, Ashok Pandit, Anupam Kher, Lalit Ambardar, Rakesh Hundoo and Manan Saxena support a Panun Kashmir. Anupam Kher and Sushil Pandit are staunch supporters of Panun Kashmir.		The Panun Kashmir organisation has consistently pushed for a separate UT. The organisation also strongly supported the abrogation of [[Article 370]] and [[Article 35a]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/panun-kashmir-faction-wants-abrogation-of-aticle-370/story-iYVm1neovjtcliGlCeOmUL.html\|title=Panun Kashmir faction wants abrogation of Aticle 370\|date=3 February 2007}}</ref>
	~~<ref>http://thekashmiriyat.co.uk/we-should-be-trained-with-arms-necessary-to-form-israel-in-kashmir-pandit-activist/</ref>~~

	The Panun Kashmir organisation has consistently pushed for a separate UT. The organisation also strongly supported the abrogation of [[Article 370]] and [[Article 35a]].<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/panun-kashmir-faction-wants-abrogation-of-aticle-370/story-iYVm1neovjtcliGlCeOmUL.html</ref>

	[[Ikkjutt Jammu]], a political party in Jammu and Kashmir, openly advocates for a separate Panun Kashmir, as well as the separation of [[Jammu Division]] from Kashmir.<ref>http://thekashmiriyat.co.uk/we-should-be-trained-with-arms-necessary-to-form-israel-in-kashmir-pandit-activist/</ref><ref>https://www.thenorthernherald.com/newsdetail/30363/jammu/forget-delimitation-divide-kashmir-grant-statehood-to-jammu</ref><ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/chorus-grows-louder-for-statehood-to-jammu-101623264489917-amp.html</ref>		[[Ikkjutt Jammu]], a political party in Jammu and Kashmir, openly advocates for a separate Panun Kashmir, as well as the separation of [[Jammu Division]] from Kashmir.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://thekashmiriyat.co.uk/we-should-be-trained-with-arms-necessary-to-form-israel-in-kashmir-pandit-activist/\|title=We Should be Trained with Arms, Necessary to Form Israel in Kashmir: Pandit Activist\|date=9 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thenorthernherald.com/newsdetail/30363/jammu/forget-delimitation-divide-kashmir-grant-statehood-to-jammu\|title = Forget Delimitation; Divide Kashmir; Grant Statehood to Jammu: IkkJutt Jammu - the Northern Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/chorus-grows-louder-for-statehood-to-jammu-101623264489917-amp.html\|title = Chorus grows louder for statehood to Jammu\|date = 10 June 2021}}</ref>

	Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, a BJP and Kashmiri Hindu leader, also favours Panun Kashmir and reserved seats for Kashmiri Hindus in the JK assembly. <ref>https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/chrungoo-for-reservation-of-5-seats-for-kps-in-assembly/</ref><ref>https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/ahead-of-delimitation-commission-meeting-kashmiri-pandits-push-for-reservation-in-legislative-assembly/</ref>		Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, a BJP and Kashmiri Hindu leader, also favours Panun Kashmir and reserved seats for Kashmiri Hindus in the JK assembly. <ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/chrungoo-for-reservation-of-5-seats-for-kps-in-assembly/\|title=Chrungoo for reservation of 5 seats for KPS in Assembly\|date=18 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/ahead-of-delimitation-commission-meeting-kashmiri-pandits-push-for-reservation-in-legislative-assembly/\|title = Ahead of Delimitation Commission meeting, Kashmiri Pandits push for reservation in Legislative Assembly - the Kashmir Monitor}}</ref>

	==Opposition==		==Opposition==
	On 28 November 2019, India's consul-general in New York proposed an "[[Israeli settlement\|Israeli model]]" on Kashmir to help the Kashmiri Pandits {{clarify\|Pandits\|date=August 2021}} return to their homeland. His hour-long video sparked outrage. Muslim Kashmiri activists and some Hindu Kashmiris feared that this will lead to worsening military control, losing their jobs to outsiders, and the loss of their identity by causing Hindus to replace the Muslim majority. This proposition has been compared to a "settler-colonial project", and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned the proposal as reflecting "the fascist mindset of the Indian government".<ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/28/anger-over-indias-diplomat-calling-for-israel-model-in-kashmir</ref><ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/6/20/bringing-the-israeli-model-to-kashmir</ref>		On 28 November 2019, India's consul-general in New York proposed an "[[Israeli settlement\|Israeli model]]" on Kashmir to help the Kashmiri Pandits {{clarify\|Pandits\|date=August 2021}} return to their homeland. His hour-long video sparked outrage. Muslim Kashmiri activists and some Hindu Kashmiris feared that this will lead to worsening military control, losing their jobs to outsiders, and the loss of their identity by causing Hindus to replace the Muslim majority. This proposition has been compared to a "settler-colonial project", and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned the proposal as reflecting "the fascist mindset of the Indian government".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/28/anger-over-indias-diplomat-calling-for-israel-model-in-kashmir\|title = Anger over India's diplomat calling for 'Israel model' in Kashmir}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/6/20/bringing-the-israeli-model-to-kashmir\|title = Bringing the Israeli model to Kashmir}}</ref>

	After the murder of Rakesh Pandit by unidentified militants on June 2021, several members of the Panun Kashmir group proposed a military campaign to establish a separate Hindu region, where Kashmiri Pandits would be armed against local militants. That meeting and their proposed Union Territory has been opposed by Muslim activists, who compared the proposal to Israeli actions against the Palestinians.<ref>https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/important-to-make-an-israel-kashmiri-pandit-leaders-want-military-approach/</ref><ref>https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/if-the-israeli-people-can-do-it-we-can-also-do-it-normalisation-of-israels-colonial-desires/</ref><ref>https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/sacrifice-and-surrender-rsss-mantra-for-kashmiri-pandit-rehabilitation/</ref>		After the murder of Rakesh Pandit by unidentified militants on June 2021, several members of the Panun Kashmir group proposed a military campaign to establish a separate Hindu region, where Kashmiri Pandits would be armed against local militants. That meeting and their proposed Union Territory has been opposed by Muslim activists, who compared the proposal to Israeli actions against the Palestinians.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/important-to-make-an-israel-kashmiri-pandit-leaders-want-military-approach/\|title="Important to make an Israel": Kashmiri Pandit leaders want military approach\|date=7 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/if-the-israeli-people-can-do-it-we-can-also-do-it-normalisation-of-israels-colonial-desires/\|title = 'If the Israeli people can do it. We can also do it': Normalisation of Israel's colonial desires\|newspaper = The Kashmir Walla\|date = 24 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/sacrifice-and-surrender-rsss-mantra-for-kashmiri-pandit-rehabilitation/\|title = 'Sacrifice and surrender': RSS's mantra for Kashmiri Pandit rehabilitation\|date = 14 June 2021}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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[[File:Panun Kashmir.jpg|thumb|Proposed Panun Kashmir territory in Red]]

'''Panun Kashmir''' ({{lang-en|Our Kashmir}}) is a proposed [[union territory]] of [[India]] in the [[Kashmir Valley]], which is intended to be a homeland for [[Kashmiri Hindus]]. The demand arose after the [[Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus|ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Hindus]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/involve-panun-kashmir-in-talks-on-return-of-kps-ambardar/ |title=Involve 'Panun Kashmir' in talks on return of KPs: Ambardar |last=Excelsior |first=Daily |date=2017-01-09 |access-date=2019-03-14 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N9lIvr3q9JwC&pg=PA149 |title=Kashmir in the Shadow of War: Regional Rivalries in a Nuclear Age |last=Wirsing |first=Robert |date=2003 |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |isbn=9780765610898 |page=149 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/carve-out-separate-union-territory-kashmiri-pandits-jhelum-1574559-2019-07-28|title=Carve out separate state within India for Kashmiri Pandits along Jhelum river: Panun Kashmir|last=PTI|first=([[Press Trust of India]])|date=July 28, 2019|website=[[India Today]]|language=en|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/700-eminent-kashmiri-pandits-support-centre-s-decision-on-article-370-panun-kashmir-119082200778_1.html|title=700 eminent Kashmiri Pandits support Centre's decision on Article 370: Panun Kashmir|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2019-08-22|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/post-370-kashmiri-pandits-wait-return-homes|title=Post 370, Kashmiri Hindus wait to return to their homes|date=2019-10-19|website=The Sunday Guardian Live|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref>

==Origin and etymology==
{{See also|Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus}}
Panun Kashir is derived from [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] {{lang|ks-Latn|panun kaśīr}}, which means "our own Kashmir". The Panun Kashmir organisation was founded by [[Agnishekhar|Dr. Agnishekhar]] in 1990 after the [[exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] from [[Kashmir]], under threat from militants. Approximately 300,000<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Devinder |date=2014-11-21 |chapter=Reinventing Agency, Sacred Geography and Community Formation: The Case of Displaced Kashmiri Pandits in India |language=en |location=Dordrecht |publisher=Springer Netherlands |pages=397–414 |doi=10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_20 |isbn=9789401793759|title=The Changing World Religion Map }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=1995 |journal=Refugee Survey Quarterly |volume=14 |issue=1–2 |pages=176–191 |doi=10.1093/rsq/14.1-2.176 |issn=1020-4067|title=Protection Aspects of Unhcr Activities on Behalf of Internally Displaced Persons }}:The mass exodus began on 1 March 1990, when about 250,000 of the 300,000 Kashmiri Pandits fled the State</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yong |first=Amos |date=2011 |title=Constructing China's Jerusalem: Christians, Power, and Place in Contemporary Wenzhou - By Nanlai Cao |journal=Religious Studies Review |language=en |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=236 |doi=10.1111/j.1748-0922.2011.01544_1.x |issn=0319-485X}}</ref> to 600,000<ref name="CIA">{{Cite journal |date=2009-05-13 |title=CIA - The World Factbook -- India |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513142313/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-05-13 |quote=at least 600,000 (about half are Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and Kashmir) (2007)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Casimir |first1=Michael J. |last2=Lancaster |first2=William |last3=Rao |first3=Aparna |date=1997-06-01 |title=Editorial |journal=Nomadic Peoples |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=3–4 |doi=10.3167/082279497782384668 |issn=0822-7942}}:From 1947 on, Kashmir's roughly 700,000 Hindus felt increasingly uneasy and discriminated against, and youth … from a variety of sources such as Islamist organizations, Islamic countries,
Kashmiri Muslim fund raisers in the West, and migrant labor from Azad Kashmir in the …</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sarkaria |first=Mallika Kaur |date=2009|title=Powerful Pawns of the Kashmir Conflict: Kashmiri Pandit Migrants |journal=Asian and Pacific Migration Journal |language=en |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=197–230 |doi=10.1177/011719680901800202 |s2cid=145137184 |issn=0117-1968}}:… of the Centre of Central Asian Studies, Kashmir University, and member of Panun Kashmir (a Pandit … the Valley in 1990, believes "it could be anything between 300,000 to 600,000 people</ref> Kashmiri Hindus fled Kashmir due to rising armed rebellion in Kashmir. However, Panun Kashmir estimates nearly 700,000 refugees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html |title=A Homeland for the Kashmiri Pandits |publisher=Panun Kashmir |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193159/http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html |archivedate=2013-10-29}}</ref>

==Proposed union territory of Panun Kashmir==
The organisation passed a resolution in 1991 demanding that: <blockquote>
(a) the establishment of a Homeland for the Kashmiri Hindus in the Valley of Kashmir comprising the regions of the Valley to the East and North of [[Jhelum River]].

(b) that the Constitution of India be made applicable in letter and spirit in this Homeland in order to ensure right to life, liberty, freedom of expression and faith, equality and rule of law.

(c) that the Homeland be placed under the Central administration with a Union Territory status; and

(d) that all the seven hundred thousand Kashmiri Hindus, including those who have been driven out of Kashmir in the past and yearn to return to their homeland and those who were forced to leave on account of terrorist violence in Kashmir, be settled in the homeland on an equitable basis with dignity and honor.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.panunkashmir.org/homeland/2.html |title=Why Homeland? Introduction |publisher=Panun Kashmir |date= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193353/http://www.panunkashmir.org/homeland/2.html |archivedate=2013-10-29}}</ref>
</blockquote>

Some advocates for Panun Kashmir wish that the majority of the valley of Kashmir and cities such as [[Srinagar]], [[Anantnag]], [[Sopore]], [[Baramulla]] and [[Awantipora]] be included in the proposed union territory. However, the organisation claims that it in fact does not seek a Hindu homeland. Rather, it seeks a homeland for Kashmiri Hindus who are ready to live peacefully with their Muslim neighbours assuming the conditions are met for resettlement.

Dr Agnishekhar is Convenor of Panun Kashmir and Dr Ajay Chrungoo is Chairperson of Panun Kashmir. Rahul Kaul hold the post of President of its Youth wing , Youth 4 Panun Kashmir.

==Youth 4 Panun Kashmir ==
Youth 4 Panun Kashmir (Regd) works under the aegis of Panun Kashmir, is a youth body, having international presence all across the globe. It is credited with organising the First Kashmiri Hindu International Youth Conference, year 2012 in Pune, Second Kashmiri Hindu International Youth Conference, Delhi, 2015, 15 National Conferences and 100s of protests across India. Youth 4 Panun Kashmir also embarked on a Nationwide Connect program called "Ek Bharat Abhiyan - Kashmir ki Aur", where it held 58 Major rallies across the Nation, it also held more than 300 Gram Sabha level meetings and in total reached to 28 States in India, garnerning massive support for the Rehablitation of Kashmiri Hindus in their homeland.

==Support==
There is wide support for Panun Kashmir from various individuals and groups. [[Kashmiri Hindu]] activists such as Nancy Kaul, Sushil Pandit, Ashok Pandit, Anupam Kher, Lalit Ambardar, Rakesh Hundoo and Manan Saxena support a Panun Kashmir. Anupam Kher and Sushil Pandit are staunch supporters of Panun Kashmir.
<ref>http://thekashmiriyat.co.uk/we-should-be-trained-with-arms-necessary-to-form-israel-in-kashmir-pandit-activist/</ref>

The Panun Kashmir organisation has consistently pushed for a separate UT. The organisation also strongly supported the abrogation of [[Article 370]] and [[Article 35a]].<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/panun-kashmir-faction-wants-abrogation-of-aticle-370/story-iYVm1neovjtcliGlCeOmUL.html</ref>

[[Ikkjutt Jammu]], a political party in Jammu and Kashmir, openly advocates for a separate Panun Kashmir, as well as the separation of [[Jammu Division]] from Kashmir.<ref>http://thekashmiriyat.co.uk/we-should-be-trained-with-arms-necessary-to-form-israel-in-kashmir-pandit-activist/</ref><ref>https://www.thenorthernherald.com/newsdetail/30363/jammu/forget-delimitation-divide-kashmir-grant-statehood-to-jammu</ref><ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/chorus-grows-louder-for-statehood-to-jammu-101623264489917-amp.html</ref>

Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, a BJP and Kashmiri Hindu leader, also favours Panun Kashmir and reserved seats for Kashmiri Hindus in the JK assembly. <ref>https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/chrungoo-for-reservation-of-5-seats-for-kps-in-assembly/</ref><ref>https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/ahead-of-delimitation-commission-meeting-kashmiri-pandits-push-for-reservation-in-legislative-assembly/</ref>

==Opposition==
On 28 November 2019, India's consul-general in New York proposed an "[[Israeli settlement|Israeli model]]" on Kashmir to help the Kashmiri Pandits {{clarify|Pandits|date=August 2021}} return to their homeland. His hour-long video sparked outrage. Muslim Kashmiri activists and some Hindu Kashmiris feared that this will lead to worsening military control, losing their jobs to outsiders, and the loss of their identity by causing Hindus to replace the Muslim majority. This proposition has been compared to a "settler-colonial project", and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned the proposal as reflecting "the fascist mindset of the Indian government".<ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/28/anger-over-indias-diplomat-calling-for-israel-model-in-kashmir</ref><ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/6/20/bringing-the-israeli-model-to-kashmir</ref>

After the murder of Rakesh Pandit by unidentified militants on June 2021, several members of the Panun Kashmir group proposed a military campaign to establish a separate Hindu region, where Kashmiri Pandits would be armed against local militants. That meeting and their proposed Union Territory has been opposed by Muslim activists, who compared the proposal to Israeli actions against the Palestinians.<ref>https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/important-to-make-an-israel-kashmiri-pandit-leaders-want-military-approach/</ref><ref>https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/if-the-israeli-people-can-do-it-we-can-also-do-it-normalisation-of-israels-colonial-desires/</ref><ref>https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/sacrifice-and-surrender-rsss-mantra-for-kashmiri-pandit-rehabilitation/</ref>

==See also==
* [[Hinduphobia]]
* [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]]
* [[Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism]]
* [[Persecution of Hindus]]
* [[Women's rights in Jammu and Kashmir]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.panunkashmir.org/ panunashmir.org]

{{Regions and administrative territories of Kashmir}}
{{Proposed states and territories of India}}

{{coord missing|Jammu and Kashmir}}

[[Category:Ethnic cleansing in Asia]]
[[Category:Proposed states and union territories of India]]
[[Category:Forced migration]]
[[Category:Kashmir conflict]]

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	'''Panun Kashmir''' ({{lang-en\|Our Kashmir}}) is a proposed [[union territory]] of [[India]] in the [[Kashmir Valley]], which is intended to be a homeland for [[Kashmiri Hindus]]. The demand arose after the [[Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/involve-panun-kashmir-in-talks-on-return-of-kps-ambardar/ \|title=Involve 'Panun Kashmir' in talks on return of KPs: Ambardar \|last=Excelsior \|first=Daily \|date=2017-01-09 \|access-date=2019-03-14 \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N9lIvr3q9JwC&pg=PA149 \|title=Kashmir in the Shadow of War: Regional Rivalries in a Nuclear Age \|last=Wirsing \|first=Robert \|date=2003 \|publisher=M.E. Sharpe \|isbn=9780765610898 \|page=149 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/carve-out-separate-union-territory-kashmiri-pandits-jhelum-1574559-2019-07-28\|title=Carve out separate state within India for Kashmiri Pandits along Jhelum river: Panun Kashmir\|last=PTI\|first=([[Press Trust of India]])\|date=July 28, 2019\|website=[[India Today]]\|language=en\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/700-eminent-kashmiri-pandits-support-centre-s-decision-on-article-370-panun-kashmir-119082200778_1.html\|title=700 eminent Kashmiri Pandits support Centre's decision on Article 370: Panun Kashmir\|agency=Press Trust of India\|date=2019-08-22\|work=Business Standard India\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/post-370-kashmiri-pandits-wait-return-homes\|title=Post 370, Kashmiri Hindus wait to return to their homes\|date=2019-10-19\|website=The Sunday Guardian Live\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref>		'''Panun Kashmir''' ({{lang-en\|Our Kashmir}}) is a proposed [[union territory]] of [[India]] in the [[Kashmir Valley]], which is intended to be a homeland for [[Kashmiri Hindus]]. The demand arose after the [[Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/involve-panun-kashmir-in-talks-on-return-of-kps-ambardar/ \|title=Involve 'Panun Kashmir' in talks on return of KPs: Ambardar \|last=Excelsior \|first=Daily \|date=2017-01-09 \|access-date=2019-03-14 \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N9lIvr3q9JwC&pg=PA149 \|title=Kashmir in the Shadow of War: Regional Rivalries in a Nuclear Age \|last=Wirsing \|first=Robert \|date=2003 \|publisher=M.E. Sharpe \|isbn=9780765610898 \|page=149 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/carve-out-separate-union-territory-kashmiri-pandits-jhelum-1574559-2019-07-28\|title=Carve out separate state within India for Kashmiri Pandits along Jhelum river: Panun Kashmir\|last=PTI\|first=([[Press Trust of India]])\|date=July 28, 2019\|website=[[India Today]]\|language=en\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/700-eminent-kashmiri-pandits-support-centre-s-decision-on-article-370-panun-kashmir-119082200778_1.html\|title=700 eminent Kashmiri Pandits support Centre's decision on Article 370: Panun Kashmir\|agency=Press Trust of India\|date=2019-08-22\|work=Business Standard India\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/post-370-kashmiri-pandits-wait-return-homes\|title=Post 370, Kashmiri Hindus wait to return to their homes\|date=2019-10-19\|website=The Sunday Guardian Live\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref> The vision of the homeland was elucidated in the Margdarshan Resolution of 1991. Punun Kashmir is also the name of an eponymously named organisation.

	==Origin and etymology==		==Origin and etymology==
	{{See also\|Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus}}		{{See also\|Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus}}
	Panun Kashir is derived from [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]] {{lang\|ks-Latn\|panun kaśīr}}, which means "our own Kashmir". The Panun Kashmir organisation was founded by [[Agnishekhar]] in 1990 after the [[exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] from [[Kashmir]], under threat from militants. Approximately 300,000<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Devinder \|date=2014-11-21 \|chapter=Reinventing Agency, Sacred Geography and Community Formation: The Case of Displaced Kashmiri Pandits in India \|language=en \|location=Dordrecht \|publisher=Springer Netherlands \|pages=397–414 \|doi=10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_20 \|isbn=9789401793759\|title=The Changing World Religion Map }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|date=1995 \|journal=Refugee Survey Quarterly \|volume=14 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=176–191 \|doi=10.1093/rsq/14.1-2.176 \|issn=1020-4067\|title=Protection Aspects of Unhcr Activities on Behalf of Internally Displaced Persons }}:The mass exodus began on 1 March 1990, when about 250,000 of the 300,000 Kashmiri Pandits fled the State</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Yong \|first=Amos \|date=2011 \|title=Constructing China's Jerusalem: Christians, Power, and Place in Contemporary Wenzhou - By Nanlai Cao \|journal=Religious Studies Review \|language=en \|volume=37 \|issue=3 \|pages=236 \|doi=10.1111/j.1748-0922.2011.01544_1.x \|issn=0319-485X}}</ref> to 600,000<ref name="CIA">{{Cite journal \|date=2009-05-13 \|title=CIA - The World Factbook -- India \|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513142313/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2009-05-13 \|quote=at least 600,000 (about half are Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and Kashmir) (2007)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=Casimir \|first1=Michael J. \|last2=Lancaster \|first2=William \|last3=Rao \|first3=Aparna \|date=1997-06-01 \|title=Editorial \|journal=Nomadic Peoples \|volume=1 \|issue=1 \|pages=3–4 \|doi=10.3167/082279497782384668 \|issn=0822-7942}}:From 1947 on, Kashmir's roughly 700,000 Hindus felt increasingly uneasy and discriminated against, and youth … from a variety of sources such as Islamist organizations, Islamic countries,		Panun Kashir is derived from [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]] {{lang\|ks-Latn\|panun kaśīr}}, which means "our own Kashmir". The Panun Kashmir organisation was founded by Kashmiris, including Kashmiri Hindu writer and activist [[Agnishekhar]], in 1990 after the [[exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] from [[Kashmir]], under threat from militants. Approximately 300,000<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Devinder \|date=2014-11-21 \|chapter=Reinventing Agency, Sacred Geography and Community Formation: The Case of Displaced Kashmiri Pandits in India \|language=en \|location=Dordrecht \|publisher=Springer Netherlands \|pages=397–414 \|doi=10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_20 \|isbn=9789401793759\|title=The Changing World Religion Map }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|date=1995 \|journal=Refugee Survey Quarterly \|volume=14 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=176–191 \|doi=10.1093/rsq/14.1-2.176 \|issn=1020-4067\|title=Protection Aspects of Unhcr Activities on Behalf of Internally Displaced Persons }}:The mass exodus began on 1 March 1990, when about 250,000 of the 300,000 Kashmiri Pandits fled the State</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Yong \|first=Amos \|date=2011 \|title=Constructing China's Jerusalem: Christians, Power, and Place in Contemporary Wenzhou - By Nanlai Cao \|journal=Religious Studies Review \|language=en \|volume=37 \|issue=3 \|pages=236 \|doi=10.1111/j.1748-0922.2011.01544_1.x \|issn=0319-485X}}</ref> to 600,000<ref name="CIA">{{Cite journal \|date=2009-05-13 \|title=CIA - The World Factbook -- India \|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513142313/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2009-05-13 \|quote=at least 600,000 (about half are Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and Kashmir) (2007)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=Casimir \|first1=Michael J. \|last2=Lancaster \|first2=William \|last3=Rao \|first3=Aparna \|date=1997-06-01 \|title=Editorial \|journal=Nomadic Peoples \|volume=1 \|issue=1 \|pages=3–4 \|doi=10.3167/082279497782384668 \|issn=0822-7942}}:From 1947 on, Kashmir's roughly 700,000 Hindus felt increasingly uneasy and discriminated against, and youth … from a variety of sources such as Islamist organizations, Islamic countries,
	Kashmiri Muslim fund raisers in the West, and migrant labor from Azad Kashmir in the …</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Sarkaria \|first=Mallika Kaur \|date=2009\|title=Powerful Pawns of the Kashmir Conflict: Kashmiri Pandit Migrants \|journal=Asian and Pacific Migration Journal \|language=en \|volume=18 \|issue=2 \|pages=197–230 \|doi=10.1177/011719680901800202 \|s2cid=145137184 \|issn=0117-1968}}:… of the Centre of Central Asian Studies, Kashmir University, and member of Panun Kashmir (a Pandit … the Valley in 1990, believes "it could be anything between 300,000 to 600,000 people</ref> Kashmiri Hindus fled Kashmir due to rising armed rebellion in Kashmir. However, Panun Kashmir estimates nearly 700,000 refugees.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html \|title=A Homeland for the Kashmiri Pandits \|publisher=Panun Kashmir \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193159/http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html \|archivedate=2013-10-29}}</ref>		Kashmiri Muslim fund raisers in the West, and migrant labor from Azad Kashmir in the …</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Sarkaria \|first=Mallika Kaur \|date=2009\|title=Powerful Pawns of the Kashmir Conflict: Kashmiri Pandit Migrants \|journal=Asian and Pacific Migration Journal \|language=en \|volume=18 \|issue=2 \|pages=197–230 \|doi=10.1177/011719680901800202 \|s2cid=145137184 \|issn=0117-1968}}:… of the Centre of Central Asian Studies, Kashmir University, and member of Panun Kashmir (a Pandit … the Valley in 1990, believes "it could be anything between 300,000 to 600,000 people</ref> Kashmiri Hindus fled Kashmir due to rising armed rebellion in Kashmir. However, Panun Kashmir estimates nearly 700,000 refugees.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html \|title=A Homeland for the Kashmiri Pandits \|publisher=Panun Kashmir \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193159/http://www.panunkashmir.org/facts.html \|archivedate=2013-10-29}}</ref>

	==Proposed union territory of Panun Kashmir==		==Proposed union territory of Panun Kashmir==
	The organisation passed a resolution in 1991 demanding that: <blockquote>		The organisation passed a resolution, known as the Margdarshan Resolution,<ref>{{Cite web\|last=PTI\|date=2017-02-12\|title=Modi govt has no objection to homeland for Kashmiri Pandits, says Jitendra Singh\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/Nhwhm0RrxbCtuMjeOjLwUL/Modi-govt-has-no-objection-to-homeland-for-Kashmiri-Pandits.html\|access-date=2021-12-21\|website=mint\|language=en}}</ref> in Jammu in December 1991 demanding that:<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Noorani\|first=A. G.\|author-link=A. G. Noorani\|date=2016-07-09\|title=Kashmir’s Pandits\|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1269592\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712114135/http://www.dawn.com/news/1269592\|archive-date=12 July 2021\|access-date=2021-12-21\|website=Dawn}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web\|url=http://www.panunkashmir.org/homeland/2.html \|title=Why Homeland? Introduction \|publisher=Panun Kashmir \|date= \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193353/http://www.panunkashmir.org/homeland/2.html \|archivedate=2013-10-29}}</ref> <blockquote>
	(a) the establishment of a Homeland for the Kashmiri Hindus in the Valley of Kashmir comprising the regions of the Valley to the East and North of [[Jhelum River]].		(a) the establishment of a Homeland for the Kashmiri Hindus in the Valley of Kashmir comprising the regions of the Valley to the East and North of [[Jhelum River]].

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	(c) that the Homeland be placed under the Central administration with a Union Territory status; and		(c) that the Homeland be placed under the Central administration with a Union Territory status; and

	(d) that all the seven hundred thousand Kashmiri Hindus, including those who have been driven out of Kashmir in the past and yearn to return to their homeland and those who were forced to leave on account of terrorist violence in Kashmir, be settled in the homeland on an equitable basis with dignity and ~~honor~~.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web\|url=http://www.panunkashmir.org/homeland/2.html \|title=Why Homeland? Introduction \|publisher=Panun Kashmir \|date= \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193353/http://www.panunkashmir.org/homeland/2.html \|archivedate=2013-10-29}}</ref>		(d) that all the seven hundred thousand Kashmiri Hindus, including those who have been driven out of Kashmir in the past and yearn to return to their homeland and those who were forced to leave on account of terrorist violence in Kashmir, be settled in the homeland on an equitable basis with dignity and honour.
	</blockquote>		</blockquote>