Army renovates grave of Janab Maqbool Sherwani; Read how a Kashmiri youth misguided Pakistani raiders in 1947

Srinagar, July 16: The Indian Army organized remembrance prayers at the renovated grave of Janab Maqbool Sherwani, a Kashmiri youth who was killed by raiders from Pakistan in 1947 for delaying their march towards Srinagar on the Uri-Muzaffarabad highway.

 

 

The Kashmiri youth had helped to delay the Pakistanis who were indulging in plunder, raid, and murder of innocent people. After renovating the grave of Sherwani, the Indian Army also paid floral tributes at his grave.

 

 

In 1947, Sherwani had successfully misguided the raiders on to the wrong path when he was asked to guide them towards Srinagar airport. Janab Sherwani and his volunteers who hailed from various communities had no military training. They had set up roadblocks and demolished bridges, thus protecting the fastest access to Srinagar. Subsequently, raiders realised that their march towards Srinagar Airport has been delayed deliberately by Maqbool Sherwani.

 

 

The brave warrior was caught by raiders and his body was mutilated and crucified before firing 14 bullets on it. The body was nailed to a plank and tied till the Indian Army got it down. He passed away a martyr's death on November 7, 1947, but not before inspiring the Kashmiris to rise up against the raiders. Two weeks after his death, Mahatma Gandhi paid tribute to him in a prayer meeting in Delhi to honour his supreme sacrifice.

 

 

The grave of Maqbool Sherwani is located in the old town, Baramulla and to honour this great son of the soil, the Indian Army has renovated the grave of Janab Maqbool Sherwani. The work commenced in the month of April 2021 and now stands completed.