nov 1, 1953 - Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir is established

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The Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir is rooted in Islamic reformist activities in Kashmir which developed in the late nineteenth century when the urban Kashmiri Muslim middle-class rose against Dogra rule. The Anjuman was launched in 1905 in an effort to eradicate un-Islamic practices amongst Kashmiri muslims. In 1945, the Jama Masjid of Srinagar became a major meeting point to spread relevant literature.

In 1952 the Jama'at-i-Islami Hind decided to separate its Kashmir branch because of the disputed nature of Jammu and Kashmir. Under the leadership of two committed Jamaat members, Maulana Ahrar and Ghulam Rasul Abdullah, the Jamaat in Kashmir drafted its own Constitution which was passed and accepted in November 1953.

It was formed in 1953 after the pro-plebiscite chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir was arrested by the Indian government. The connections with other Indian Muslim groups brought the Ahl-i-Hadith movement to Kashmir. A Kashmiri student of an Ahl-i-Hadith madrasa in Delhi, Sayyed Hussain Shah Batku, began upon his return to Kashmir a campaign to eradicate innovations in Kashmiri Muslim society. Although this movement failed due to a lack of mass support it still paved the future path for JIJK to carry forward the same reformist agenda.

Influenced by Islamic reformism a growing number of educated Kashmiri Muslims began their struggle against the Dogra state and the Pandit elite during which significant recourse to the Islamic identity by Kashmiris took place, with even nationalist Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdullah realising the significance of religion and trying to use Sufi shrines in his struggle

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