Srinagar: Voice for Peace and Justice, a non-political youth organization of Kashmir observed a 'black day' on October 22 at Srinagar to mark the 77th anniversary of the tribal invasion of the Kashmir Valley by Pakistan army backed Tribal on October 22, 1947.

Pakistan lost the war against Jammu and Kashmir because it did not want the Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir to become part of India while the people of Jammu and Kashmir wanted accession with a secular India. Pakistan was also worried about the secular credentials of the people of Jammu and Kashmir as a whole and wanted to disrupt the secular harmony so that the two-nation theory becomes successful.

Farooq Ganderbali, President of Voice for Peace and Justice said "On 22 October 1947, Pakistanis sent Invaders to Jammu and Kashmir. They looted the dignity of our mothers and sisters and took away everything. People were killed. My non-Muslim brothers were killed. Today the youth of Kashmir have come here. Today we all are together celebrating Black Day on 22nd October. Its purpose is that we want to tell the world that Pakistan has always shed blood in Kashmir for its own purposes."

The speakers at the event strongly opposed the move which was made in order to loot and plunder Kashmir. "Kashmiris are wholeheartedly integrated with India and it's our fortune that we have such kind of government supervising the affairs of the country and under their able leadership the violence in Kashmir has turned to a history now," a speaker said.

Farooq Ganderbali further said "Today the scenario has changed. Today anyone can come to visit Kashmir. People are also going to the cinema here. The youth do not have to go to other cities, they study here. All health care facilities are here."

Minhaj, a participant at the event told ANI "This is our neighbouring country which has always been making us fight in the name of religion. The effects of that attack can be seen in Kashmir till today. This is an infamous stain on the history of Kashmir. That is why we are calling it Black Day. We try to tell the coming generations what happened at that time."