16/12/2012
Purushyar Massacre...............Buland
Khan Bamzai ruled Kashmir in 1763 as
Governor of the Kabul government.
According to Prof. RK Parimu, the
noted historian, he was a man of
attractive address. The governor used
to take greater interest to serve himself
rather than his subjects. One evening,
while enjoying a boat-ride in Jehlum,
his eyes fell on Mugli. She was the
daughter of a milk-man and had
irresistible beauty. The governor
desired to make her his wife, soon the
nikah was solemnized. The milkman's
neighbour in the Purushyar locality was
the family of Atma Ram Pandit. This
well-to-do Pandit family dealt in
Pashmina wool and arms
manufacturing. Atma Ram was
grandson of Krishan Pandit and had
two uncles--Zai Ram and Nilakanth. Zai
Ram led an ascetic life. Nilakanth was
blind since birth. His wife, Umrawati
(Shoba) committed Sati, when her
husband died.
