• Shahida
• Dr. Farooq Fayaz

Due to the Treaty of Amritsar, the state of Jammu and Kashmir has always been deprived from attaining the status of a conquered territory. Hence, during the subsequent years the shape of the state was recreated majorly as per geo-political and administrative convenience rather than commonality shared by the local people. Quite obviously the enforcement of the Dogra ruling was also the pursuance of the very age old tradition, which had been transmitted from the pre-colonial era of Mughal, Afghan and Sikh rulers of Kashmir who were also no more interested in giving Kashmir’s the right to determine their own future. In this brief paper the discussion will be around the Socio- Political and Economic Conditions of Kashmir during the 19thCentury Dogra Rule and their comparative analysis to present the scenario of Kashmir in that period. It has been observed that in spite of the eagerness of the initial administrators of the Dogra regime to create loyal followers from the Hindu clerical caste of Kashmiri Pundit, the whole valley was commoditized like an economic asset rather than a political possession. In addition to this religious, linguistic and cultural division between the rulers own territories and Kashmiri people were fueling this psychological trauma which ultimately deprived any bond between the local people and the Dogra regime backed by the British Empire. Therefore, it can be stated that this paper has tried to present the feudalistic political system due to which the socio- political life and economic aspects of the people suffered unabatedly in this regime.

Treaty of Amritsar, 19thcentury Kashmir, Dogra’s, Socio-political life, Economic aspects, Education,

"A Comparison of Socio- Political and Economic Conditions of Kashmir during the 19th Century Dogra Rule from 1846 to 1947 with their Relevant Impact", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.1454-1463, May 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2006214.pdf

"A Comparison of Socio- Political and Economic Conditions of Kashmir during the 19th Century Dogra Rule from 1846 to 1947 with their Relevant Impact", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp1454-1463, May 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2006214.pdf