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Know about Kishtawar, once an oasis of communal harmony

New Delhi: Kishtawar is a remote place in Jammu and Kashmir. While the place was recently in the  news for communal violence, Kishtwar was the only town in India which was peaceful in terms of

India TV News Desk Updated on: November 20, 2013 6:22 IST
know about kishtawar once an oasis of communal harmony
know about kishtawar once an oasis of communal harmony

New Delhi: Kishtawar is a remote place in Jammu and Kashmir.






While the place was recently in the  news for communal violence, Kishtwar was the only town in India which was peaceful in terms of communal harmony  during Partition.

Even at the height of  communal frenzy that accompanied the Partition in 1947, when some two hundred thousand people were slaughtered elsewhere in the Jammu division, Kishtwar remained an island of peace, so its Hindu and Muslim denizens proudly relate.

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