The Kashmir-Raj Bodhi Mahasabha (KRMBS) was an organisation founded by Kashmiri neo-Buddhists (Navayana) in 1931. Co-founded by activist Shridhar Kaul, KRMBS was active in "modernization and reform" efforts, such as campaigning against polyandrous marriage practices, as well as representing the interests of the Buddhist community in Ladakh as well as Kashmiri Buddhists in general, although its founding members were not Ladakhi.[1][2][3] Most of the members were recently converted Kashmiri Pandits who formed the organization to assert the establishment of and address the issues faced by the community.[4] One reason for the foundation of was the lack of Buddhist representation in the Glancy Commission.[5]
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- ^ Balcerowicz, Piotr; Kuszewska, Agnieszka (26 May 2022). Human Rights Violations in Kashmir. Taylor & Francis. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-000-51395-0.
- ^ Van Beek, Martijn (31 May 2008). "Imaginaries of Ladakh Modernity". Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the IATS, 2003. Volume 11: Tibetan Modernities: Notes from the Field on Cultural and Social Change. BRILL. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-90-474-2823-7.
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