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On 27th October, 1947 Maharaja Hari Singh , Ruler J&K State, acceded to India by virtue of which the Jammu and Kashmir became an integral part of India. This could not be digested by the Pakistan and decided to occupy the territory of District Mirpur by force in illegal manner.
as a first step, in the first week of November , 1947 pakistan somehow managed to send a bag of pamphlets written in Urdu to the people of Mirpur in which it was written that Mirpur city was established by two saints namely Mir ( A Muslim Moulvi ) and Puri ( A Hindu Prohit ) +
+ which indicated Hindu -Muslim Unity on the basis of which the two communities Hindus and Muslims lived in Mirpur city for centuries like the two sons of the same father and lived peacefully like a joint family. They further indicated that the Pakistan Government would +
give special status to the Hindus of Mirpur if they allow the Pakistan to establish their Army in the city of Mirpur .For this, they suggested that the people of Mirpur should fly white flags on their houses in the city to indicate that the citizens agree to the proposal of Pak.
But Mirpuris decided that what may come they would not bow to the Pakistani raiders and they would protect the territory of Mirpur(their birth place ) even at the cost of their lives and would fight tooth and nail and they would not surrender themselves to raiders at any cost.
The citizens of Mirpur even knew that the fighting ammunition which was available at that time with the police force stationed at Mirpur, was very meager but we were confident that the GoI would come to our rescue and send their army along with fighting ammunition well in time
it was decided that a befitting reply be conveyed to the Pakistani raiders. Thus in the evening , the Mirpuri instead of white flags showed Red Flags from the top of their houses to give a clear indication that the citizens of Mirpur were ready to fight with the Pakistani raiders
This was followed by a number of air shots from the pickets of Mirpur city. Having dry reply from citizen side, the Pakistan Government made a secret agreement with the Pathan mercenaries to launch a joint attack on Mirpur.
This agreement was known as “Zen and Zar Agreement ” according to which they mutually agreed that after occupying the city of Mirpur forcibly, the cash ,property and land would be the share of Pakistan and the captured women would be taken by the Pathan mercenaries
At the mid night of 24th November, 1947 under the thick cover of fully armed artillery, the Pakistani raiders pounced upon the city of Mirpur by shelling and bursting of grenades which are normally used during an openly declared war This was a sudden major attack on the southern+
side of the city which was spiritedly resisted by the depleting garrison force.
after six hours of ceaseless fighting the defense line of the city was run over by seven Pathans. Alarmed by the most critical situation, the Flying Death Squads of the city youths engaged themselves madly in hand to hand fight with the infiltrators and k!led all the seven Pathan
Further due to the old modeled ‘Wireless Set ‘installed in Police Camp at Mirpur went technically out of order which led to disruption in the Radio link with the State Police Headquarters at Jammu and the GoI.
Despite war like situation created by the Pak, the then Government of India due to political rivalry between the Nehru and the Maharaja of J&K, did not send army, though at that time the Indian Army was stationed at Jhangar which was at a distance of only a few miles from Mirpur.
Frome Forgotten Atrocities.
In that critical situation, the State Administration headed by Wazir Wazarat of Mirpur decided clandestinely to retreat to Jammu by riding on their horses, leaving behind the hapless civil population of the city to face the wrath of the marauders.
Immediately after the departure of the State Administration from the city, a fully armed Battalion of the Pak army assisted by Pathan raiders, at the stroke of 8.30A.M. entered the city from all sides and by creating the terrible sounds pushed the city population into one corner
The terrified men, women and children in utter chaos and confusion in the midst of heavy firing from all the sides and in choking atmosphere due to smoke coming out of the burning houses of the city scattered and marched in different groups in different directions without +
knowing where they were going . They were intercepted by the enemy at various places and like hungry wolves they unleashed terror which made the whole area an open gràve yard of deàd bodies.
At night of the same day at about 12 P.M. an ill-fated group of about 2,000 captured persons, was brought at a place known as”Kas Gumma” a colony of retired Muslim army soldiers. The enemy encircled the captives and asked them to surrender all the cash and gold items which they +
had with them. Thereafter, the male persons were asked to remove their clothes and lie down in a row. There was no option for them but to follow their instructions blindly. Thereafter they were tortured and k!lled brutallyin batches during the night.
The women and girls were taken to unknown places by the Pathans as per the said “Zen and Zar Agreement with the Pakistan Government. Next day, the enemy drove another group of about 2000 persons and brought them to another village known as “Thithal”.
Read this article, Pathan tribesman still laugh when they talk about the women they captured as war booty during partition. https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-41662588#click=https://t.co/18usl2q5dd
Famous Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi's grandfather (or great grandfather) was also one of those tribal pashtun Just weeks ago Shahid Afridi was ACTUALLY glorifying this when he visited PoJK during Covid lockdown. FYI he is Pashtun tribe.
Finally there was a massacre at Aibeg where about 4,000 captives were huddled up in an old deserted and unhygienic ruined Gurdwara building .
From Forgotten Atrocities:-
From Forgotten Atrocities:-
Out of the total population of 25K of Mirpur city, luckily or unluckily a group of about 3K persons which included the author also, could find right way and after walking on bare feet for seven days and nights without food and water, reached Jammu in a very miserable condition.
In the middle January, 1948, a team of ICRS (International Committee of Red Cross) arrived there and took charge of the Alibeg camp and supplied much needed food and medicines to the captives . On March 18, 1948 they managed to get the captives liberated in exchange of the same.
number of Muslims who were in India and willing to go to Pakistan. These liberated captives were not more than 1600 as the rest were either k!lled, died or kidnapped. The liberated persons were mostly aged and even unable to walk.
They reached Amritsar (Punjab) where they were given warm reception by their relatives and general public
In the memory of Mirpur Martyrs of 1947 a Shaheedi Samark was constructed by the Government in front of the main gate of the Government Medical College at Maheshpura Chowk Bakshinagar , Jammu.
Om Shanti to all Martyrs of Mirpur.
#JaiHind
Om Shanti to all Martyrs of Mirpur.
#JaiHind
On 25th November every year, thousand of Mirpuris residing in Jammu city and its peripheral colonies assemble there and pay rich floral tributes to the martyrs of Mirpur who sacrificed their lives for their Mother land due to which the J&K has remained an integral part of 
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