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Authorities in India-administered Kashmir have cracked down on hundreds of political activists and pro-independence leaders ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the region.

Modi will hold a public rally in the restive Himalayan territory on November 7 where rebels and pro-independence groups have called for a counter 'Million March' on the pattern of a similar campaign held recently in the US.

"India has responded to our peaceful march with sheer force. But we will try to reach the venue with one million people," Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the region's top pro-independence leader told Al Jazeera.

Geelani, who is under house-detention, has called for a such a march supported by all pro-independence parties and over a dozen rebel groups who are fighting for independence, or merger of the territory with Pakistan.

"We don't want to sabotage his [Modi's] rally but we want to remind the world about 18 UN resolutions on Kashmir that promise right of self-determination to Kashmiris," he said.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/hundreds-arrested-kashmir-modi-visit-151104134822428.html