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Balagopal says that if India and Pakistan cannot guarantee existence and peaceful development of independent Kashmir then Kashmiris may well choose Pakistan because of religious affinity and social and economic links. But if both can guarantee existence and peaceful development then most Kashmiris would prefer independent Kashmir. [442] [443]
The Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948, also known as the first Kashmir war, [25] was a war fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to 1948. It was the first of four Indo-Pakistani wars between the two newly independent nations .
Kashmir was neither as large nor as old an independent state as Hyderabad; it had been created rather off-handedly by the British after the first defeat of the Sikhs in 1846, as a reward to a former official who had sided with the British. The Himalayan kingdom was connected to India through a district of the Punjab, but its population was 77 ...
The Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir chose to stay independent, however, most of the population was Muslim. [a] Following an uprising in the western districts of the state and an armed invasion by Pashtun tribes from Pakistan, the Maharaja acceded to India on 26 October 1947. India immediately air lifted troops into Kashmir the next day.
United Nations blue beret with UN badge worn by UN Military Observer Richard Cooper in India and Kashmir, c. 1973–1974. The United Nations has played an advisory role in maintaining peace and order in the Kashmir region soon after the independence and partition of British India into the dominions of Pakistan and India in 1947, when a dispute erupted between the two new States on the question ...
According to Manisha Gangahar, the book states the ground reality of the Kashmir region. [1] Arifa Akbar for The Independent writes: "This collection speaks urgent truths about the disputed Kashmir region and its struggle for independence (azadi)."
An independent news outlet in Indian-administered Kashmir has been evicted from its office after access to its website and social media accounts was blocked.
The Jammu and Kashmir Instrument of Accession is a legal document executed by ... there shall be set up an independent Dominion known as INDIA, and that the ...