▁half ▁while ▁others ▁estimated ▁a ▁dimin ution ▁by ▁three - fif th s ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁population ▁of ▁the ▁Valley . ▁During ▁the ▁fam ine ▁of ▁ 1 8 7 7 - 9 ▁not ▁a ▁single ▁P and it ▁died ▁of ▁star v ation ▁during ▁these ▁anni h il ative ▁years ▁for ▁the ▁Muslim ▁cultiv ators , ▁according ▁to ▁reports ▁received ▁by ▁Lawrence . ▁During ▁the ▁fam ine ▁the ▁office ▁of ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁was ▁held ▁by ▁a ▁K ash mi ri ▁P and it , ▁W az ir ▁P un nu , ▁who ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁declared ▁that ▁there ▁'' was ▁no ▁real ▁dist ress ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁wished ▁that ▁no ▁Mus ul man ▁might ▁be ▁left ▁alive ▁from ▁S rin agar ▁to ▁R amb han ▁( in ▁Jam mu ). '' ▁ ▁When ▁lands ▁fell ▁fall ow ▁tempor arily ▁during ▁the ▁fam ine , ▁P and its ▁took ▁over ▁substantial ▁tract s ▁of ▁them ▁claim ing ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁un c ult iv ated ▁waste . ▁N umer ous ▁K ash mi ri ▁Muslim ▁cultiv ators ▁who ▁had ▁left ▁the ▁Valley ▁for ▁P un j ab ▁to ▁escape ▁the ▁dev ast ation ▁of ▁those ▁years ▁found ▁upon ▁their ▁return ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁ou sted ▁from ▁lands ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁cultiv ated ▁over ▁gener ations . ▁ ▁A ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁Muslim ▁K ash mir is ▁migr ated ▁from ▁the ▁K ash mir ▁Valley ▁to ▁the ▁P un j ab ▁due ▁to ▁conditions ▁in ▁the ▁pr inc ely ▁state ▁such ▁as