letter to editor about Kashmir issue?
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we talk about having human rights and fundamental rights in India, there is merely a place where people can’t exercise their rights freely in India i.e. is Kashmir. The issue of the Kashmir has been a major issue right from independence. The partition made by British of the Indian sub-continent along religious lines led to the formation of India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the two nation theory proposed by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. However there remained the problem of over 500+ states, run by princes to integrate. These were given options to join either in Pakistan or India or remain independent.
One such was Kashmir. Kashmir was ruled by Maharaja Hari Singh, a Hindu, although the state had a Muslim majority. Hari Singh was adamant that Kashmir would remain independent. Kashmir’s supplies and transport links were barred by Pakistan and India and it was left with only aerial link. The outbreak of civil unrest and raids by Pathan tribesmen made the Maharaja sign the Instrument of accession against the help rendered by India. An interim govt. under Raja Hari Singh and executively headed by Sheikh Abdullah was formed in 1948 following the Government of India Act, 1935 and the Indian Independence Act, 1947. India claims the entire princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, and, as of 2010, administers approximately 43% of the region.
It controls Jammu, the Kashmir Valley, Ladakh, and the Siachen Glacier. India's claims are contested by Pakistan, which administers approximately 37% of the region, namely Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. China currently administers the remaining 20% mostly uninhabited areas, the Shaksgam Valley, and the Aksai Chin region. India and Pakistan have fought three wars over Kashmir, including the Indo-Pak wars of 1947 and 1965, as well as the Kargil War of 1999. The two countries have also been involved in several skirmishes over control of the Siachen Glacier. Also there had been a Sino-Indian war in 1962. These wars not only had brought a great chaos but also made the pity situation of Kashmiris.
Wars had been in the following manner in Jammu and Kashmir taking it:- Just after Kashmir acceded to India, rebel forces from the western districts of the state and the Pakistani Pakhtoon tribesmen made rapid advances into the Baramulla sector. In the Kashmir valley, National Conference volunteers worked with the Indian Army to drive out the 'raiders' and incursions of Pakistan took place leading to a war in 1947. The resulting First Kashmir War lasted until the end of 1948 with the state of Jammu and Kashmir remaining divided between India and Pakistan. In 1962,troops from the People's Republic of China and India clashed in territory claimed by both when China built a road crossing the border of Ladakh and violating the Mc Mohan Line and also the refuge of Dalai Lama in Dharamshala and the dispute of Tibetan border.