Kashmir dispute
Kashmir disputeThe conflict between India and Pakistan over the region of Kashmir (now mostly part of the Indian state of Jammu-Kashmir) that erupted into war ( 1948 – 49 ) and remains unresolved, Kashmir, exposed successively to Hindu and Muslim rule, was annexed ( 1819 ) to the expanding Sikh kingdom. After the first Sikh War the territory was acquired by Gulab Singh , then Hindu raja of the Jammu region. It was a Princely State for the rest of the British period. The Maharaja, a Hindu ruling over a predominantly Muslim population, initially hoped to remain independent in 1947 , but eventually acceded to the Indian Union. The war between India and Pakistan ( 1948 – 49 ) over Kashmir ended when a United Nations peacekeeping force imposed a...
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