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28/01/2020

There has been strong exception to the dropping of words 'Sher-e-Kashmir' from the nomenclature of JK police medals. Days after cancelling holiday on the birth anniversary of National Conference Late Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, the Government now has removed the prefix Sher-i-Kashmir (as Sheikh Abdullah is known) from Jammu and Kashmir Police Medals. An order was issued by the General Administration Department said the nomenclature of 'Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medals' has been changed to 'Jammu and Kashmir Police Medals'. These medals were instituted in 2001 and are given on New Year, Republic Day and Independence Day in two categories Gallantry and Meritorious.The National Conference has taken a strong exception to the dropping of words 'Sher-e-Kashmir'. The party, whose top leaders are in detention since the scrapping of special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 last year have alleged that the administration was taking its "vendetta to a higher level" and distorting history with this move.
The abrogation of article 370 and 35A was passed by two third majority in the LokSabha and has also got the President's nod. The decision was largely welcomed by Indian masses and most of the political parties. Some of the leaders in main opposition party in Parliament - Congress also supported this decision and did not tow the party line. The congress party's whip in Rajya Sabha (Upper house of Parliament) Bhubaneswar Kalita, Member of Parliament from Assam, has also resigned from the party accusing the Congress for not supporting the abrogation.
However at the time of partition of India in 1947 into two separate countries - India and Pakistan, the State of Jammu & Kashmir like other princely states of India, was under the rule of Dogra King Maharaja Hari Singh. The King faced an uprising and attack by his Muslim subjects who connived with Pakistan's Pashtun tribal Kabailis. The Pakistan's Pashtun militia crossed the border of the state in October 1947. Maharaja, who earlier did not want to merge Kashmir with India, made a plea to India for assistance when he witnessed the threat from the kabailis. The request was accepted by Government of India but the help was offered subject to his signing an Instrument of Accession to India.Later, many organizations, including the king himself wanted that the Constitution of India should be fully implemented to the State of Jammu & Kashmir but Shaikh Abdullah who advocated abolition of monarchy wanted a separate constitution for the state. A constituent Assembly was formed in 1951 to look into the matter and the Article 370, granting special status to Jammu & Kashmir was inserted in the Constitution of India. The Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir which was an elected body unanimously resolved on 15 Feb 1954 that the entire princely state of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India.

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