Akhileshwar Singh Charak

The social fabric of Jammu city in particular and region in general has always been more than the sum of its parts. It is a weave of histories, migrations, faiths, and shared struggles. At the heart of this fabric lies Jammu: a province and a land of Dogras (the true founders of this erstwhile state) that has, for centuries, stood as a gateway, a refuge, and a crucible of coexistence. To understand how this fabric evolved is to retrace not just political events but of its lived realities of its people, their journeys, their struggles, and their resilience.

Jammu: The gateway that shaped identity

Geography gave Jammu its character. As the middle point between the plains of Punjab and the Valley of Kashmir, Jammu became the threshold every traveller, pilgrim, or t

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