). ▁Another ▁famous ▁proud ▁K ash mi ri ▁writer ▁from ▁P un j ab ▁was ▁Sa ad at ▁Has an ▁M anto . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁Census ▁the ▁total ▁K ash mi ri ▁population ▁in ▁P un j ab ▁was ▁ 1 6 9 , 7 6 1 . ▁However , ▁the ▁Census ▁report ▁stated ▁that ▁only ▁ 3 % ▁of ▁K ash mir is ▁settled ▁in ▁P un j ab ▁retained ▁their ▁K ash mi ri ▁language . ▁The ▁number ▁of ▁people ▁speaking ▁K ash mi ri ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁was ▁ 8 , 5 2 3 ▁but ▁had ▁decre ased ▁to ▁ 7 , 1 9 0 ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 . ▁By ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁people ▁speaking ▁K ash mi ri ▁in ▁P un j ab ▁had ▁fallen ▁to ▁ 4 , 6 9 0 . ▁The ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁Census ▁report ▁stated ▁that ▁this ▁fact ▁showed ▁that ▁the ▁K ash mir is ▁who ▁had ▁settled ▁in ▁P un j ab ▁had ▁adopted ▁the ▁P un j abi ▁language ▁of ▁their ▁neighb ors . ▁In ▁contrast , ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 1 ▁Census ▁of ▁P un j ab ▁had ▁shown ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁ 4 9 , 5 3 4 ▁speak ers ▁of ▁the ▁K ash mi ri ▁language ▁in ▁the ▁P un j ab . ▁The ▁ 1 8 8 1 ▁Census ▁had ▁recorded ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁K ash mir