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Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Accession Day
Original text of the Instrument of Accession
Observed by	Jammu and Kashmir, India
Significance	Accession of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir
Date	26 October
Next time	26 October 2024 (2024-10-26)
Frequency	Annual
First time	26 October 2020 (as an official public holiday in Jammu and Kashmir^[1])
Related to	Republic Day Independence Day

Accession Day is a public holiday in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, commemorating 26 October 1947, when Maharaja Hari Singh signed off the Instrument of Accession, in which Jammu and Kashmir joined the Dominion of India.^[1] It became an official public holiday in Jammu and Kashmir for the first time in 2020.^[2]

The festivities of the day include holding rallies, bursting of firecrackers, singing India's national anthem, and raising the flag of India.^[3]^[4]^[5] In some areas, the festivities are as big as those of the Hindu festival of Diwali.^[6]^[7]^[8]

The "Accession Day" is observed as "Black Day" by separatist Kashmiri leaders like Syed Ali Shah Geelani and followers of All Parties Hurriyat Conference in protest of alleged human rights violations by the India's alleged occupation of Jammu and Kashmir.^[9]^[10]^[11]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Jammu and Kashmir government holiday list 2021". India Today. 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

^ Preeti, Raina (30 December 2019). "Accession Day Replaces Martyrs Day In Jammu and Kashmir As Regional Holiday". EurAsian Times. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

^ "Accession day is our national day: Jammu Bar". Greater Kashmir. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2007.

^ "Jammu all set to celebrate accession day". Sify. Archived from the original on 30 October 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2007.

^ "J&K Accession day celebrations in J&K". GroundReport. Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2007.

^ "J-K Accession Day to be celebrated as Diwali: BJP". Rediff. Retrieved 31 December 2007.

^ "Accession Day to be celebrated as Diwali: BJP". Hindustan Times. 25 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2011.

^ "Jammu celebrates Accession Day". The Tribune. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2011.

^ "Kashmir observes Black Day". The Hindu. 27 October 2013.

^ "Kashmir's Black Day".

^ "Indian police arrest Syed Ali Geelani in Kashmir". DAWN.COM. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

v t e Kashmir conflict
Timeline 1846–1946 1947–present
Wars and conflicts	Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Siachen conflict Kargil War 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff 2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes (media coverage)
Border skirmishes	2011 2013 2014–2015 2016–2018 2016 Uri attack 2016 Baramulla attack 2016 Nagrota army base attack 2019 2020–2021
Operations	1947 Poonch rebellion Operation Gibraltar Operation Grand Slam Operation Tupac Operation Bison Operation Eraze Operation All Out Operation Sarp Vinash Operation Sadbhavana (Goodwill) Operation Calm Down 2016 strike 2019 airstrike
Negotiations	Jinnah–Mountbatten talks UN mediation of the Kashmir dispute Simla Agreement
Bombings and massacres	1947 Jammu massacres 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre Chittisinghpura massacre 2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly car bombing 2001 Kishtwar massacre 2002 Raghunath temple attacks 2006 Srinagar bombings 2006 Doda massacre March 2013 Srinagar attack 2016 Uri attack 2017 Amarnath Yatra attack 2018 Sunjuwan attack 2019 Pulwama attack 2022 Srinagar bombing
Militant organisations	Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Hizbul Mujahideen Lashkar-e-Taiba Jaish-e-Mohammed Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Harkat ul-Ansar Al-Badr (Jammu and Kashmir) Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind Dukhtaran-e-Millat Islamic State – Khorasan Province Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir United Jihad Council
Observances	19 January— Jammu and Kashmir Exodus Day 5 February— Kashmir Solidarity Day 13 July— Kashmir Martyrs' Day 5 August— Youm-e-Istehsal 22 October— Jammu and Kashmir Black Day (Invasion Day) 24 October— Azad Kashmir Day 26 October— Jammu and Kashmir Accession Day
Related	Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus Insurgency Human rights abuses OHCHR reports on Kashmir Rape Ikhwan Crowd control Stone pelting Peacebuilding Women's rights Over ground workers (OGWs) Village Defence Committees

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