Government of Jammu and Kashmir Home Department
Civil Secretariat, J&K NOTIFICATION
Srinagar, the 5th August, 2025
S.O.203-Whereas; it has come to the notice of the Government, that certain literature propagates false narrative and secessionism in the Jammu and Kashmir. Available evidence based on investigations and credible intelligence unflinchingly indicate that a significant driver behind youth participation in violence and terrorism has been the systematic dissemination of false narratives and secessionist literature by its persistent internal circulation, often disguised as historical or political commentary, while playing a critical role in misguiding the youth, glorifying terrorism and inciting violence against Indian State. This literature would deeply impact the psyche of youth by promoting culture of grievance, victim hood and terrorist heroism. Some of the means by which this literature has contributed to the radicalization of youth in J&K include dist01tion of historical facts, glorification of terrorists, vilification of security forces, religious radicalization, promotion of alienation, pathway to violence and terrorism etc; and
Whereas; in the above context, 25 books have been identified that propagate false narrative and secessionism in J&K and need to be declared as 1forfeited1 in te1ms of Section 98 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023; and
Whereas; the identified 25 books have been found to excite secessionism and endangering sovereignty and integrity of India, thereby, attracting the provisions of sections 152, 196 & 197 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 98 of the Bhrutiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir hereby declares publication of 25 books, forming Annexure 11A11 to this Notification, and their copies or other documents to be forfeited to the Government.
By order of the Lieutenant Governor.
Sd/ (Chandraker Bharti),IAS
Principal Secretary to the Government,
No. HOME-ISA/223/2025-11(7655892) Dated: 05.08.2025
Annexure-A
LIST OF BOOKS
1. Human Rights Violations in Kashmir by Piotr Balcerowicz and Agnieszka Kuszewska : Routledge (Manohar Publishers & Distributors)
2. Kashmiri's Fight for Freedom by Mohd Yosuf Saraf : Feroze Sons Pakistan
3. Colonizing Kashmir, State-Building under Indian occupation by Hafsa Kanjwal : Stanford University Press
4. Kashmir Politics and Plebiscite by Dr. Abdul Jabbar Gockhami : Gulshan Books Kashmir
5. Do You Remember Kunan Poshpora? by Essar Batool & others :
Zubaan Books
6. Mujahid ki Azaan by Imam Hasan Al-Sana Shaheed edited by: Maulan Mohammad Enayatullah Subhani : Markazi Maktaba Islami Publishers Delhi
7. Al Jihadul fil Islam by Moulana Moudadi : Darul Musannifeen-Markazi Maktaba Islami Publishers Delhi
8. Independent Kashmir by Christopher Snedden : Manchester University Press and Sanctum Books Delhi.
9. Resisting Occupation in Kashmir by Haley Duschinski, Mona Bhat, Ather Zia and Cynthia Mahmood : University of Pennsylvlia Press
10. Between Democracy and Nation (Gender and Militarization in Kashmir ) by Seema Kazi : Oxford University Press- Women Unlimited New Delhi
11. Contested Lands by Sumantra Bose Harper Collins Publishers India Gurugram Haryana
12 .In Search of a Future (The Story of Kashmir) by David Devadas : Viking Penguin
13.Kashmir in Conflict (India, Pakistan and India the unending War) by Victoria Schofield Bloomsbury Academic India
14.The Kashmir Dispute 1947-2012 by A.G. Noorani by Tulika Books Chennai Tamil Nadu
15.Kashmir at the Cross Roads (Inside a 21st Century Conflict) Sumantra Bose : Pan Macmillian India, New Delhi
16. A Dismantled State by Anuradha Bhasin (The Untold Story of Kashmir after Article 370) :Harper Collins Publishers India, Gurugram Haryana
17. Resisting Disappearance (Military Occupation & Women's Activism in Kashmir) by Ather Zia :Zubaan Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi
18.Confronting Terrorism Stephen Pcohen New Delhi. Pengiun India Darya Gunj
19. Freedom in Captivity (Negotiations of belonging along
Kashmiri Frontier) Radhika Gupta Edited by: Maroof Raza Cambridge University Press
20.Kashmir (The case for Freedom) by Tariq Ali, Hilal Bhatt, Angana P. Chattelji, Pankaj Mlshra and Arundhati Roy Verso Books .
21. Azadi by Arundhati Roy Pengiun India Darya Gunj, New Delhi.
22. USA and Kashmir Dr. Shamshad Shan Gulshan Books
23. & Conflict Resolution in Piotr Balcerowicz andAgnieszka Kuszewska Roudedge (Manohar Publishers & Distributors)
24.Tarlkh-i—Siyasat Kashmir by Dr. Afaq Karwan—e-Tahqiq-o- Saqafat Kashmir
25. Kashmir and the future of South Asia by: Sugata Bose & Ayesha Jalal Routledge (Manohar Publishers & Distributors)