Wolfgang Praegler & Gudrun Mirbach-Praegler
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Past times: Srinagar in Kashmir, 1988
In
1988
Gudrun,
me
and
daughter
Birte
visited
India.
We
also
wanted
to
see
Kashmir,
but
all
roads
were
closed
because
of
the
insecure
situation
due
to
the
border
problems
between
India
and
Pakistan.
Therefore,
we
had
to
take
a
plane
from
Delhi
to
Srinagar,
the
capital
of
Kashmir.
There
we
were
staying
on
a
luxurious
houseboat
on
Dal
Lake.
The
history
of
Srinagar
starts
in
the
3rd
century
B.C.
with
King
Asoka.
During
the
times
of
the
British
Colony
India,
Srinagar
was
a
favoured
place
for
the
British
making
holidays
in
a
moderate
climate,
thus
escaping
the
hot
temperatures
in
India.
They
had
big
houseboats
built
to
live
in.
Due
to
the
continuing
conflict
about
this
region,
claimed
by
both
India
and
Pakistan,
Kashmir
nowadays
is
still
insecure.
In addition, there is a religious problem between Hindu India and Muslim Kashmir.
