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INDO-PAK WAR OF
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Date-wise Events |
- October 22, 1947: On this day,
Muslim tribal militias crossed the border of the state,
claiming that they were needed to suppress a rebellion in
the southeast of the kingdom. These local tribal militias
and irregular Pakistani forces moved to take Srinagar, but
on reaching Uri they encountered resistance. Hari Singh made
a plea to India for assistance, and help was offered, but it
was subject to his signing an Instrument of Accession to
India.
- October 26, 1947:
The Maharaja appealed to India for help to save
Srinagar in lieu of which he promised accession of Jammu
and Kashmir to India. The accession document was signed
on this day.
- October 27, 1947:
After signing of the accession document by Maharaja Hari
Singh, the process of
accession to India was completed on this day
consequent upon which India’s 1st Sikh battalion flew into
Srinagar.
Pakistan also sent its troops to Kashmir but by then Indian
forces had taken control of nearly two thirds of the state.
- January 01, 1949: The fronts
solidified gradually along what came to be known as the Line
of Control. A formal cease-fire was declared at 23:59 on the
night of this day.
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Description |
- The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948, sometimes known as
the First Kashmir War, was fought between
India and Pakistan over the princely state of Kashmir and
Jammu from 1947 to 1948.
- Pakistan precipitated the war a few weeks after
independence by launching tribal lashkar (militia) from
Waziristan, in an effort to secure Kashmir, the future of
which hung in the balance.
- The inconclusive result of the war still affects the
geopolitics of both countries.
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