Video | Gurez, the part of Kashmir that attracted Nehru, Franklin Roosevelt as holiday destination

Gurez is not just a mystic valley full of beauty but also a piece of history connecting Central Asia with the South Asia. Prior to the partition of Kashmir, Gurez had been a destination for foreign tourists, including Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who is known to have visited some time before he became the US president. During the colonial period, Gurez was often visited by trekkers. Nehru and Indira Gandhi, accompanied by Sheikh Abdullah, were among those who visited the area in the 1940s, fishing for trout at Naranag, one of the lakes in the mountains above the valley.