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Kashmir International Half Marathon

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Date
  
13 September 2015

Primary sponsor
  
BIG FM 92.7

Distance
  
Half Marathon

Established
  
2015 (2015)

Location
  
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Kashmir International Half Marathon is the first ever international and well organised half marathon held in Kashmir valley, India. Marathon was organized by Big FM, more than 30,000 people from India and foreign nations were participated in marathon which were held in Srinagar on 13 September 2015.

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Events and theme

Two events were held under the banner of "I am the change"

  • 21 km half Marathon: It was started in early morning from Kashmir University and passed through Dal lake and returned back to Kashmir University.
  • Run for Fun, 5 km run.
  • According to organizers, Marathon is aimed to promote awareness in local people towards social issues like saving Dal Lake, fighting drug abuse, and keeping the city clean along with promoting traffic awareness, and respect for senior citizens and women.

    • Participants

    More than 15,000 people were participated in Marathon, most of foreign participants were from Kenya. Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah also participated in Marathon.

    Incidents

    Disruption was caused when the Kashmiri youth raised "Pro-Freedom" and Pro-Pakistan slogans and clashed with the Indian police during the marathon. Incidents like eve-teasing, molestation and stone pelting were also witnessed. Some masked youth raised Pakistani flags at the Kashmir university campus. For eve-teasing and molestation incidents, 12 people were arrested by Indian police.

    References

    Kashmir International Half Marathon Wikipedia
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