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The Jammu province of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir (1946) consisted of the Poonch, Mirpur, Riasi, Jammu, Kathua, and Udhampur districts. After the Partition of India, during October–November 1947 in the Jammu region of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, many Muslims were massacred and others driven away to West Punjab.
Districts map of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir with Poonch and Sudhanoti highlighted in (yellow) Poonch district in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir; with Azad Kashmir territory to its left. In spring 1947, an uprising against the Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir broke out in the Poonch jagir, an area bordering the Rawalpindi ...
The Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948, also known as the first Kashmir war, [25] was a war fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to 1948. It was the first of four Indo-Pakistani wars between the two newly independent nations .
The Sack of Baramulla was an event that took place during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. [citation needed] In October 1947, tribal militias attacked the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. Baramulla, a town in the region, witnessed a brutal massacre in the early stages of the war. [citation needed]
The Jammu and Kashmir Instrument of Accession is a legal document executed by Maharaja Hari Singh, ruler of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, on 26 October 1947. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Parties
In 1947, Jammu and Kashmir's population was "77% Muslim and 20% Hindu". [84] To postpone making a hurried decision, the Maharaja signed a standstill agreement with Pakistan, which ensured continuity of trade, travel, communication, and similar services between the two.
In August 1947, there was a rumor in Gilgit that the government of the Jammu and Kashmir was making plans to disband the Gilgit Scouts. The rumor caused the 'disciplined and secular Scouts' to oppose the government. [12] Gilgit's population did not favour the State's accession to India.
United Nations blue beret with UN badge worn by UN Military Observer Richard Cooper in India and Kashmir, c. 1973–1974. The United Nations has played an advisory role in maintaining peace and order in the Kashmir region soon after the independence and partition of British India into the dominions of Pakistan and India in 1947, when a dispute erupted between the two new States on the question ...