In Kashmir Narrator, Wajahat Ahmed has written a brief account of the life of Amanullah Khan, founder of the JKLF, who died in April 2016. This is how the article opens:
The life story of Kashmiri nationalist leader Amanullah Khan, who recently passed away, epitomizes the rise of a territorial Kashmiri nationalism that transcended the parochial idea of an ethnic nationalism tied to Kashmiri language. Amanullah Khan’s nationalism drew upon a progressive Kashmiri Muslim cosmopolitanism and a secular internationalism. His life experiences spanning different cultural regions of Kashmir coupled with his international engagement with diverse nationality movements endowed him with a phenomenological awareness of pluri-ethnic and pluri-cultural nature of Kashmiri society. This predisposed him to articulate an inclusive vision for an independent Kashmir.
Here's the link: http://www.kashmirnarrator.com/amanullah-khan-life-history-azadi-ideologue/
The life story of Kashmiri nationalist leader Amanullah Khan, who recently passed away, epitomizes the rise of a territorial Kashmiri nationalism that transcended the parochial idea of an ethnic nationalism tied to Kashmiri language. Amanullah Khan’s nationalism drew upon a progressive Kashmiri Muslim cosmopolitanism and a secular internationalism. His life experiences spanning different cultural regions of Kashmir coupled with his international engagement with diverse nationality movements endowed him with a phenomenological awareness of pluri-ethnic and pluri-cultural nature of Kashmiri society. This predisposed him to articulate an inclusive vision for an independent Kashmir.
Here's the link: http://www.kashmirnarrator.com/amanullah-khan-life-history-azadi-ideologue/
Amanullah Khan's funeral in Gilgit: Kashmir Narrator
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