Kashmir Black Day
Kashmir Black Day is an annual commemoration by Kashmiris as well as by Pakistanis across the world to mark October 27 as ‘Black Day’. Every year, the day is marked to express solidarity and support Kashmiri people in their struggle for right to self-determination. Background
On 27 October 1947, troops of India landed in Srinagar to fight against seperatists who wanted independence from India. The Indian troops waited till the Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir) was signed by the then ruler Hari Singh of the princely state of Kashmir a day earlier. 