ABSTRACT
The summer of 1947 saw a very peculiar situation arising with regard to students enrolled in Jammu & Kashmir colleges. It is very interesting to read of how the Kashmiri masses actually reacted to the slogans of a ‘holy war’ raised by the Pakistan invaders in 1947. Even a cursory reading of contemporary reports would easily establish that much was wrong with the way that things were being managed in Kashmir in the months leading to the exit of the British from India. Surprisingly the new dominion of Pakistan with a virtually non-existent civil administrative system at the time appeared more organized with regard to Jammu & Kashmir and worked to a plan. The widespread prevalence of corruption in the different wings of the government was nothing new in Kashmir. Maharaja Ranbir was a major player among newspapers in Kashmir.
