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==History== | ==History== | ||
Under the direction of the Central Government, a | Under the direction of the Central Government, a recce{{typo help inline|reason=similar to rice|date=June 2021}} team, under Brig Gyan Singh selected the site for the institute in Aru village, Pahalgam. In 1983, the institute was registered under the Registration of Societies Act No XXI of 1980 on 12 Sept. The first meeting of the institute was held in Feb, 1984 and it was decided that the institute would be head by a serving officer of the armed forces with experience in mountaineering activities. Lt Col (later Brig) SS Kahlon was chosen for the job by the Ministry of Defence. The State Government also agreed to transfer 101 acres of land in Aru village for the same. | ||
The first Basic Mountaineering Course was conducted in June–July 1985 with 17 students from a temporary hut in Aru.<ref name="jawaharinstitutepahalgam.com"/> | The first Basic Mountaineering Course was conducted in June–July 1985 with 17 students from a temporary hut in Aru.<ref name="jawaharinstitutepahalgam.com"/> | ||
In the 1989, militancy rose to its peak in the Kashmir Valley and conflict engulfed the entire region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1399992/A-brief-history-of-the-Kashmir-conflict.html|title=A brief history of the Kashmir conflict|publisher=}}</ref> | In the 1989, militancy rose to its peak in the Kashmir Valley and conflict engulfed the entire region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1399992/A-brief-history-of-the-Kashmir-conflict.html|title=A brief history of the Kashmir conflict|publisher=}}</ref> | ||