Singh, M Amarjeet
(2011)
Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir (NIAS Backgrounder No. B6-2011).
Backgrounder.
NIAS, Bangalore.
| Abstract: |
The years of armed conflict in
Jammu and Kashmir have
claimed the lives of tens of thousands of
people, and also wounded and displaced
several thousands more. The pain of this
violence was seen on the national stage
through specific incidents such as the
kidnapping of Rubia Syed, the daughter
of then Union Home Minister in 1989,
followed by the killing of H. L. Khera,
general manager of Hindustan Machine
Tools and Musheer-ul-Haq, vicechancellor
of University of Kashmir in
1990. The armed rebels did not even spare
the religious places. The economic costs
too have been devastating. Underlying this
continuous upheaval is a number of issues.
ISSUES
1. Accession to India
The most contentious issue and one
that has been a subject of international
attention is the accession of Jammu and
Kashmir to India after Partition in 1947.
Pakistan has continued to maintain that
it should have become its territory since
it had a Muslim majority and also alleged
that the then ruler was pressurised to
accede to India. It also accused India of
violating the commitment to hold a
plebiscite on its future. On the other side,
India insisted that the accession was
completely valid and accused Pakistan of
forcefully occupying parts of the state.
India also maintained that since Jammu
and Kashmir is an integral and inalienable
part of the country there can be no
question of negotiating on the question of
its accession.
The dispute continues to be the key
stumbling block in the relations between
the two neighbours. For Pakistan it is
the core issue in its relationship with
India. New Delhi maintains that the
matter has already been settled, and
the more important issue is that of
Pakistan of promoting insurgency and
terrorism in India, especially in Jammu
and Kashmir. |
| Item Type: |
Monograph
(Backgrounder)
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| Subjects: |
NIAS Resources > NIAS Backgrounders |
| Divisions: |
Schools > Social Sciences |
| Date Deposited: |
07 Feb 2012 10:08 |
| Last Modified: |
08 May 2015 09:57 |
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| DOI: |
978-81-87663-93-5 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/293 |
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