SRINAGAR 21 JAN: The commercial hub of Srinagar’s Lal Chowk and adjoining areas on Thursday observed a shutdown to mark the anniversary of the 1990 Gaw Kadal incident.
Shops, business establishments, and offices in Gaw Kadal, Basant Bagh, Lal Chowk, Maisuma, Residency Road, and Maulana Azad Road are shut to mark the anniversary.
The Gawkadal massacre was named after the Gawkadal bridge in Srinagar, Kashmir, where, on 21 January 1990, the Indian paramilitary troops of the Central Reserve Police Force opened fire on a group of Kashmiri protesters in what has been described by some authors as “the worst massacre in Kashmiri history”. At least 50 people were killed according to survivors, the actual death toll may have been as high as 280 The massacre happened two days after the Government of India appointed Jagmohan as the Governor for a second time in a bid to control the mass protests by Kashmiris.
