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Abstract The paper attempts to show the relationship between Dogra state, society and women development in educational development in Kashmir. It examines the states and societal responsibility of educating the Kashmiri women. The paper exposed and enquires into the stereotype of women apathy to modern education due to their traditional conservatism. It shows that relative deprivation of women in different opportunities led to their illiteracy. Kashmir which was under the autocratic rule of the Dogra Maharajas was the most backward among princely states and education was no exception. Initially the Dogra Rajas utterly ignored the education of women. The vacuum was filled by the Christian Missionaries. The paper will mainly focus on the educational policy and the attitude of the Dogra state towards the development of girl's education in Kashmir. The first part of the paper studies the state's role in the development of women education in Kashmir. Second part examines the attitude of the society and women towards modern education. The paper concludes with the dismal educational condition of Kashmir in general and women in particular, which can be said is the legacy it inherited from the Dogra state.