Impact of Migration on Kashmiri Pandiths

Migration is generally a movement of people from their origin of place to another place for the purpose of setting down permanent or temporary and the nature of migration is broadly classified in terms of type of choice (voluntary or involuntary) or geographical territory (international or internal), rural to rural, rural to urban, urban to urban etc. The involuntary or voluntary forced migration is caused due to a variety of reasons. However, the state of J&K has experienced the various types of migration due to number of reasons like growth of militancy especially in Kashmir valley and its adjoining areas since the year 1988. The early 1990’s period, witnessed killing of many people supporting Indian rule espically Kashmiri Pandits, in Kashmir valley. The government had failed to control militancy conflicts and to provide security to minority of kashmiri Pandits and under these bad circumstances kashmiri Pandits started migration and left their native Kashmir valley. Now these Pandits have settled in various parts of the country.