Srinagar, May 10 : The 27 anniversary of the destruction of shrine of Kashmiri famous religious scholar, Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Wali (RA) at Charar-e-Sharif in Budgam. It was on this day, 27 years ago, when Charar-i-Sharief went up in raging flames, to the chagrin and heartbreak of Kashmiris.
The Charar-e-Sharief complex included a historic Mosque and hundreds of residential houses that were damaged by Indian forces during military siege operation that continued for 66 days.
About 1,000 houses and 200 shops -- in the mountain town of Charar-e-Sharief, were gutted.The shrine was put on fire by the Indian troops on 10th May in 1995. The report said that the occupation forces had desecrated over 130 religious places in the occupied territory and had destroyed partially and completely scores of such places including mosques, shrines and dargahs.