Lal Chowk has been a venue of some of the most critical and turbulent moments in Kashmir's history - and simply its name is a part of the story of Kashmir's transition from princely rule.
In the DailyO, the journalist Gowhar Geelani has written about how Lal Chowk has been an eye-witness to Kashmir's 'wretched history' since 1947 - here's the link. And here's an extract:
Many historians agree that Kashmir's Lal Chowk (Red Square) was named after the renowned Red Square of Moscow by a Sikh leftist intellectual BPL Bedi, the author of Naya Kashmir. Bedi, father of famous Indian film actor Kabir Bedi, was Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah's close confidant. And Naya Kashmir was an important constitutional framework for Jammu and Kashmir under autocratic Dogra Maharaja Hari Singh's rule.
In the DailyO, the journalist Gowhar Geelani has written about how Lal Chowk has been an eye-witness to Kashmir's 'wretched history' since 1947 - here's the link. And here's an extract:
Many historians agree that Kashmir's Lal Chowk (Red Square) was named after the renowned Red Square of Moscow by a Sikh leftist intellectual BPL Bedi, the author of Naya Kashmir. Bedi, father of famous Indian film actor Kabir Bedi, was Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah's close confidant. And Naya Kashmir was an important constitutional framework for Jammu and Kashmir under autocratic Dogra Maharaja Hari Singh's rule.
 Nehru in Lal Chowk |  Lal Chowk in 1983 |
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