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Restrictions were imposed in the Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday to prevent a separatist rally coinciding with 'martyrs' day', commemorating the 1931 day when the central jail here was stormed and jail guards opened fire killing many people. It was July 13, 1931, when people revolting against the autocratic rule of Dogra Maharaja, Hari Singh, stormed the central jail in Srinagar city. Jail guards retaliated by opening fire and killing many people. The people killed in the central jail firing were buried in the graveyard that has since been known as the martyrs' graveyard here. After the separatist violence broke out here in 1990, those killed during the violence were buried at Eidgah area in Old City since there was not enough space in the existing martyrs' graveyard in the city. The burial ground in Eidgah area has since also been known as the martyrs' graveyard. Besides Mirwaiz, senior executive member of Hurriyat Aga Syed Hassan Alsafvi Almosvi has been placed under house arrest. Hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani is already under detention. The Geelani led faction had also planned a rally from martyrs graveyard to Eidgah to pay homage to 22 people who died on July 13, 1931 during the Dogra rule.
