The reorganisation of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference into the National Conference in 1938 did not mark the end of the original organisation; instead, it marked the beginning of a new phase. A significant section of its leadership and membership, especially from Jammu province, chose to retain the old platform. In the years...
By the late 1930s, the political landscape of Jammu and Kashmir had begun to shift in ways that reflected both internal debates and the wider currents of the Indian freedom movement. The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, founded in 1932, had become the principal platform for articulating the concerns of the Valley’s majority community....