Absolutely. The history of sufferings of Muslims of Jammu and Kashmir is a long and grisly tale - going as far back as mid 18th century when the region fell into the hands of externally implanted lineage of Dogras. Under their rule Muslims are documented to have gone through state marginalization, discrimination, and prosecution.
During this chapter, a number of attempts were made to drive out or even exterminate Muslims in sub-regions of the state to alter it's overall demographic makeup. Though heavily outnumbered by state's Muslim diaspora, the Hindu community or as it is commonly referred to as Pundits, enjoyed disproportionately larger access to opportunities and means to prosper. The Dogra-regime-engendered favoritism towards Pundits led to a complete domination of state's bureaucracy, public service institutions, and law enforcement by the small Hindu minority - something that has, albeit somewhat slackened, continued to this day.
Qudratullah Shahaab, an eminent ICS officer from Jammu has written comprehensively and very impartially about the long blood-stained history of Kashmir in his autobiography 'Shahaab-Nama'. I'd recommend that to everyone with a desire to have an objective understanding of the roots of Kashmiri conflict.
On the subject of Pundits - while what happened to them is certainly lamentable, there are certain key points that, in the interest of fairness, must be considered before rendering any judgment on the matter.
Firstly, even by most liberal estimates. the percentage of total Pundits native to Kashmir has never exceeded the figure of 15% of the total population during any instant in modern history. (Some sources have claimed it to be as low as 5%). This population of around a 100,000 persons, by any standards, is too minute to have any meaningful impact on the matter of deciding the fate of Kashmir. In other words, even if the entirety of allegedly displaced Pundit population is relocated to Jammu and Kashmir, their combined weight would still be insufficient to alter the results of any poll - to sway the outcome in India's favor.
Secondly, there are very solid grounds to believe the exodus of Pundits from valley was engineered by the incumbent state of India in the 90's. There's a prevalent opinion among Kashmirirs that Governor Jagmohan encouraged the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley by purposely creating an atmosphere of paranoia. in order to prepare moral ground for the already-planned counter-insurgency operations and the suppression of anti-Indian uprising in Kashmir. This argument is validated by the fact that the exodus (which had it's onset on 19th January 1990) was closely followed by first massacre of Kashmiri Muslims at Gawadkal. The Gawakadal massacre was followed by eight other major massacres. fake encounters, enforced disappearances, tortures and crackdown operations.
