Kashmir celebrates Martyrs' Day
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Jammu and Kashmir policemen paying tributes to 1931 martyrs, who sacrificed their lives fighting autocratic rule, at Naqshband Sahib shrine in Srinagar. PTI Photo by S Irfan
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Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, wearing a black cap, lays a wreath on a grave at Martyrs' Graveyard in Srinagar. AP Photo/Dar Yasin
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Policemen in ceremonial attire perform during an event at the Martyrs graveyard to mark 'Martyrs Day' in Srinagar. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
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A Kashmiri boy looks out of the window of a house during an event at Martyrs Graveyard to mark 'Martyrs Day' in Srinagar. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
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Paramilitary soldiers stand guard near a barbwire road block during curfew-like restrictions in Srinagar. Businesses were closed and troops patrolled the main city in Indian Kashmir where separatists protesting Indian rule declared a strike to mark an annual 'Martyrs' Day'. July 13 marks the day when 21 Kashmiri Muslims were killed by the army of the state's Hindu king to quell a 1931 uprising. AP Photo/Dar Yasin
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Members of the Joint Forum of Kashmiri Pandits Organisations stage a protest in Jammu on Friday. PTI Photo
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Police officers detain Syed Ali Shah Geelani, a senior separatist leader and chairman of Hardliner Faction of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, as he attempts to participate in a protest march towards Martyr's Graveyard in Srinagar. AP Photo/ Dar Yasin
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