Amar Nath Kak (1889–1963) was a prominent

Kashmir Kashmir ( or ) is the Northwestern Indian subcontinent, northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term ''Kashmir'' denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir P ...

i lawyer and author whose most important books are ''Hamara Vrittanta'' and the ''Gayatri'', both written in

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. He was the older brother of Kashmiri archaeologist and politician

Ram Chandra Kak Ram Chandra Kak (5 June 1893 – 10 February 1983) was the prime minister of Jammu and Kashmir during 1945–1947. One of the very few Kashmiri Pandits to ever hold that post, Kak had the intractable job of navigating the troubled wate ...

.S. N. Pandita (March 2007). Ram Chandra Kak: An intellectual with Integrity. ''Nilamatam''
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''Hamara Vrittanta'' contains information on the social and religious life of

Kashmiri Pandit The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins) are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They belong to the Pancha Gauda Brahmin group from the Kashmir Valley, located within the In ...

s in the first half of the 20th century. It also presents the drama of the war between India and Pakistan.

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