In 1990, a watershed moment occurred in the migration of hundreds of thousands of Kashmiri Hindus from Indian-administered Kashmir as a result of violence from the Muslim majority.
In the 1990s, Kashmiri Hindus faced hostility from both independence-seeking militant organisations and Islamist militants, with the conflict often turning violent. This produced a fearful environment, which contributed considerably to the migration. Some Kashmiri Hindu groups mark January 19 as "Exodus Day." According to numerous experts, around 100,000 of the entire Kashmiri Pandit population of 140,000 went away in the early 1990s, when Kashmiri Hindus fled in far higher numbers. On January 4, 1990, the Srinagar-based journal Aftab sent a statement urging all Hindus to leave Kashmir immediately, citing the terrorist organisation Hizbul Mujahideen as its source.
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