• First KOA Summer Camp, July 4-7, 1984 at Lackawana State Park, Pennsylvania. 

• Excerpt from Martand in KOA Newsletter, August 1984

“The attempted arson at Drabiyar and Kathlishwar temples on the Jhelum bank in the heart of the city on the night between August 23 and 24, 1984, follows almost immediately the release of the Press statement, detailing such happenings during the past three months, by All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference.

The unfortunate happening is sufficient proof, if any needed at all, that a sinister design is on to harass the minority community in Kashmir out of its wits on the one hand………..It seems the miscreants aided by antisocial, anti-national and secessionist forces and others working against the established order are ganging up and have chosen to make the minority community their target of attack…….If the miscreants succeed in creating a scare resulting in migrations, the phenomenon may have wider ramifications. …”

March 1985

• Membership earnings from March 1984 to Feb 1985 $2086.03

April 1985

• An era is ending and a new one, hopefully more inspiring and revitalizing one, is entering for the KOA and its official organ, the KOA Newsletter. 

"Well the time to say good bye and thank you is here. Another era is ending and a new one, hopefully more inspiring and revitalizing one, is entering for the KOA and its official organ, the KOA Newsletter. The Newsletter idea originated in Maryland, in the shape and form that Inder K. Bhat gave it and who continued with it for several years, as a yeoman’s service to KOA. Last few years we have done all that we possibly could to carry on the torch that Inder Bhat lighted. We nurtured it, improved it in our own way and attempted to make the KOA Newsletter more international. We have enjoyed every minute of it. We now pass on the torch to Michigan where Suman Hukku, the new editor resides and who will provide the new nucleus for the Newsletter…………….”

• Presentation of plaques to Pradman and Ratna Qasba, and Surender and Mohini Nath Kaushak, both families of Maryland, for their meritorious and honorary services rendered towards establishing and incorporating the Kashmiri Overseas Association.

“One of the attractive events was the presentation of plaques to Pradman and Ratna Qasba, and Surender and Mohini Nath Kaushak, both families of Maryland, for their meritorious and honorary services rendered towards establishing and incorporating the Kashmiri Overseas Association.”

• Observations on latest happenings in Kashmir by visiting from India, Mr. Janki Nath Bhat

Visiting from India, Mr. Janki Nath Bhat; “ It was a chance meeting that I had one evening last month with about 20 Kashmiri Pandit families in Washington D.C………..After I was introduced to the guests I had known some of them in my New Yearly days-they wanted to know all about the latest happenings in Kashmir. Some of them had received disturbing letters of the August incidents when some of the KP homes in Srinagar had been stoned and were anxious to know about the welfare of the community members in Kashmir. Having been a witness to these happenings myself and having expressed myself strongly against the break down of law and order in Kashmir I was able to brief them suitably and at the same time allay their fears. There was a general discussion on the future of this community especially the opportunities or lack of these for young educated KPs who are getting frustrated because of the discrimination suffered by them in jobs, admission to professional colleges and grant of licenses for new business. Some of the friends present who had been away from home for many years and understandably worried about the patent injustice done to the community by the successive Governments in power in Kashmir came out, if I may say so, with American remedies to the situation……”

• Second KOA Summer Camp July 4-7, 1985 at Brookhill Park, Wellsburg, West Virginia