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Hari Singh-the Maharaja alongwith his Family & Treasures deserts his kingdom on the night of 24 Oct 1947 & seeks refuge in his Jammu Palace.HM Patel flies from Delhi with a readymade Instrument of Accession approved by Nehru & Mountbatton – heavily loaded against India.
Accession is accession. Why those conditions were incorporated in the subject Instrument – because of which, the Accsssion became a cotroversy ?
Possibly Sardar Patel did not see the draft !
Well, decks were now cleared for the illustrious Indian Army to undertake an airborne operation. In the annals of Military History, the speed with which this operation (within a record time of a few hours) was exeuuted is beyond compare.
The Pakistan Army & the Kabailis were beaten in their own game.
The J&K ops 47/48 had to be stopped wef 01 Jan 1948 as Nehru – much against the advice of his Military Commanderss decided to knock at the doors of UN. He thus internationized the issue & made J & K a playground for Pakistan in the years to come.
Sheikh-the Master Ji took a pivotal stage & a few more families joined him to swindle the State coffers. to the hilt.
The Story of J&K reflects the hollowness & foolishness of Indian polity & total lack of their strategic leadership ignoring Supreme National Interests with utter disregard to Geo-Strat & Geo-Pol imperatives of J&K.
India continues to suffer.
”They began to leave in much greater numbers in the 1990s during the eruption of militancy, following persecution and threats by radical Islamists and militants. The events of 19 January 1990 were particularly vicious. On that day, mosques issued declarations that the Kashmiri Pandits were Kafirs and that the males had to leave Kashmir, convert to Islam or be killed. Those who chose to the first of these were told to leave their women behind. The Kashmiri Muslims were instructed to identify Pandit homes so they could be systematically targeted for conversion or killing.”
Not sure if Kashmiris realize they would have to fight their own fight going forward. And writers like Mr. Khatlani are doing a good job of it. As a Pakistani, I see how culturally and religiously close Kashmiris will remain with Pakistan no matter what the circumstances. India using its heavy handedness would remain an antagonist. How can it not. The fruits of fear cannot will not bear the results Delhi desires.
The best way to treat terrorists is like China or USA (Guantanamo Bay) treats them. Hope the government of India will understand it one day.
Hari Singh-the Maharaja alongwith his Family & Treasures deserts his kingdom on the night of 24 Oct 1947 & seeks refuge in his Jammu Palace.HM Patel flies from Delhi with a readymade Instrument of Accession approved by Nehru & Mountbatton – heavily loaded against India.
Accession is accession. Why those conditions were incorporated in the subject Instrument – because of which, the Accsssion became a cotroversy ?
Possibly Sardar Patel did not see the draft !
Well, decks were now cleared for the illustrious Indian Army to undertake an airborne operation. In the annals of Military History, the speed with which this operation (within a record time of a few hours) was exeuuted is beyond compare.
The Pakistan Army & the Kabailis were beaten in their own game.
The J&K ops 47/48 had to be stopped wef 01 Jan 1948 as Nehru – much against the advice of his Military Commanderss decided to knock at the doors of UN. He thus internationized the issue & made J & K a playground for Pakistan in the years to come.
Sheikh-the Master Ji took a pivotal stage & a few more families joined him to swindle the State coffers. to the hilt.
The Story of J&K reflects the hollowness & foolishness of Indian polity & total lack of their strategic leadership ignoring Supreme National Interests with utter disregard to Geo-Strat & Geo-Pol imperatives of J&K.
India continues to suffer.
”They began to leave in much greater numbers in the 1990s during the eruption of militancy, following persecution and threats by radical Islamists and militants. The events of 19 January 1990 were particularly vicious. On that day, mosques issued declarations that the Kashmiri Pandits were Kafirs and that the males had to leave Kashmir, convert to Islam or be killed. Those who chose to the first of these were told to leave their women behind. The Kashmiri Muslims were instructed to identify Pandit homes so they could be systematically targeted for conversion or killing.”
Not sure if Kashmiris realize they would have to fight their own fight going forward. And writers like Mr. Khatlani are doing a good job of it. As a Pakistani, I see how culturally and religiously close Kashmiris will remain with Pakistan no matter what the circumstances. India using its heavy handedness would remain an antagonist. How can it not. The fruits of fear cannot will not bear the results Delhi desires.
India is only guarded by god himself.muhammed cannot win war against RAM . Jai shree RAM…