Here is the full text of Sheikh Abdullah's historic New Kashmir document of 1944 - which is manifesto, draft constitution, economic plan and charters of rights rolled into one. It's made available here as a help to researchers, activists and indeed anyone who is curious.
This is perhaps the most important political document in Kashmir's modern history - drafted by communists allied to Sheikh Abdullah's National Conference, and by any standards a radical and remarkable political statement. The detailed story of the compiling of the manifesto has been set down in an article by Andrew Whitehead - here's the link.
At the top of this page is the cover of the English version of New Kashmir, with its striking image of a politically assertive Kashmiri woman. I suspect the English version is the original and the Urdu text - the cover of which is also posted - is the translation. But it may well be that the version posted here, the only English text I have come across, was published some time after it was adopted by the National Conference in 1944.
At the top of this page is the cover of the English version of New Kashmir, with its striking image of a politically assertive Kashmiri woman. I suspect the English version is the original and the Urdu text - the cover of which is also posted - is the translation. But it may well be that the version posted here, the only English text I have come across, was published some time after it was adopted by the National Conference in 1944.
The text below isn't searchable but it is legible and complete - and it's quite something!
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