Kashmir

For once and all I want to settle question of J & K.

First at the time of partition, although it was a Muslim majority state it was being ruled by a Hindu king (Maharaja Hari Singh )who was facing a popular resistance being led by Sheikh Abdullah.
Now Pakistan claimed J&K on the basis of it being Muslim majority state.
However King was unwilling to do so, he wanted to have an independent state and so he delayed. Pakistan afraid that king will accede to India launched an attack using tribes. King asked help from India, but India refused to help until King acceded to India taking Sheikh Abdullah into confidence. Now it is difficult to believe today but during partition J&K was largely unaffected by rioting, in fact it was for most part picture of communal harmony. Sheikh Abdullah himself was not enthusiastic about joining Pakistan, so he agreed to the accession.

After King had signed the instrument of accession Indian army joined the war and was almost successful in repelling the attacking and could have repulsed the tribal forces. However Nehru acting contrary to political wisdom (not for the first time or for the last time) decided to go to UN under “unlawful foreign incursion”, however under Anglo-American bloc political maneuvering UN passed a resolution under “disputed territory”. The first condition of resolution was that Pakistan remove her army from J&K territory. This Pakistan never did and therefore I think it is absurd to expect now India to call referendum, in short it is a closed chapter.

Another meme is how Kashmiri terrorism is a result of poverty, unemployment or Indian Army. This is another falsehood. The terrorism started in 1986 after more than 37 years of Indian rule, before that Kashmiris had no problem. In fact when Pakistani Army sent intruders in J & K in 1965, to its dismay not only the local population did not support the incursion, it helped India against them.

Also one reason that is counted for terrorism is how Congress rigged elections in 1987 with National Conference. While the way Congress formed a coalition was absurd, this was in no way limited to J&K, the natural conclusion of above absurd assertion would be that Bengalis and Biharis also become terrorists.

The terrorism in Kashmir was direct fallout of Afganistan conflict between USSR and USA. Pakistan used American money and weapons meant for Afganistani Mujahideen to incite terrorism in J&K. In this way America could have been said to sponsor Kashmiri terrorism.