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Life across the Kashmir Valley was affected on Oct 27 in a separatist-sponsored strike to protest the day in 1947 when Indian troops landed in Kashmir after the State’s accession to the Indian Union. In the Kashmir Valley, shops and businesses were closed and offices reported thin attendance in observance of the strike called by hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani.

In Srinagar, public transport was off the roads and only a few private vehicles could be seen as police and pa ...