{"id":43615,"date":"2019-08-14T13:31:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T08:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=43615"},"modified":"2019-08-14T15:12:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T09:42:34","slug":"video-of-speech-delivered-by-kashmir-university-professor-shared-as-hari-singhs-granddaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-speech-delivered-by-kashmir-university-professor-shared-as-hari-singhs-granddaughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of speech delivered by Kashmir University professor shared as Maharaja Hari Singh’s granddaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of a woman delivering a speech on Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, criticising the Indian government, is viral on social media with the claim that she is the granddaughter of Maharaja Hari Singh, the last ruler of the princely state of J&K. The woman can be heard saying, “When the Indian constitution was made, Nehru called Sheikh Abdullah that how shall we define your relationship with us. To which Sheikh Abdullah at that time said, the article which we have given to in the instrument of annexation those should be reflected and nothing else. Because it is temporary and it is conditional and it can remain there only till the dispute is resolved. So, it is temporary in that sense. Because I want to tell it to the Indian public that India has not given us any special status which other states can also ask. In fact, they have taken power from us and they have taken our sovereignty and our whole struggle is for the restoration of that sovereignty.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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#Khalistan<\/a> Brilliantly explained. Very interesting perspective from the horses mouth!<\/p>\n

Grand daughter of Maharaja Hari Singh, last Dogra sikh ruler of Jammu and Kashmir\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udfff\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udfff pic.twitter.com\/2FXHvd1HbI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Zaheer Sumra (@sumraali) August 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The above video has gone viral on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.\"\"<\/p>\n

It was also posted on the YouTube channel Peshawargallery<\/a> with an identical narrative.<\/p>\n

Professor from Kashmir University<\/h2>\n

Alt News took a cue from a reply posted by a user who claimed that the woman seen in the video is professor Hameeda Nayeem from Kashmir University. She had delivered a speech<\/a> on the subject of “State Excesses in Kashmir”<\/em> at a convention against state excesses organised by Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union in 2018. It was uploaded on YouTube on June 23, 2018. From 25:23 minutes onward in the video posted below, the relevant portion can be heard.<\/p>\n