Kashmiri Pandits
Hindu community native to the Kashmir Valley
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The Kashmiri Pandits are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They belong to the Pancha Gauda Brahmin group from the Kashmir Valley, located within the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Kashmiri Pandits are Hindu Kashmiris native to the Kashmir Valley, and the only remaining Hindu Kashmiris after the large-scale conversion of the Valley's population to Islam during medieval times. Prompted by the growth of Islamic militancy in the valley, large numbers left in the exodus of the 1990s. Even so, small numbers remain.
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Kashmiri Pandits facing injustice, J&K LG should apologise to them for his comments: Rahul GandhiIndiaTimes - Published | Majority of Kashmiri Pandit employees have returned to work in Valley: OfficialA majority of Kashmiri Pandit employees, who had struck work following the killing of Rahul Bhat by terrorists last year, have returned to work, a senior official of the Jammu and Kashmir..IndiaTimes - Published |
