Understanding Kashmir and KashmirisOxford University Press, 2015 - 372 من الصفحات In 1846, the British created the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) - popularly called "Kashmir" - and then quickly sold this prized region to the wily and powerful Raja, Gulab Singh. Intriguingly, had they retained it, the India-Pakistan dispute over possession of the state may never have arisen, but Britain's concerns lay elsewhere -- expansionist Russia, beguiling Tibet and unstable China "circling" J&K -- and their agents played the 'Great Game' in Afghanistan and 'Turkistan'. Snedden contextualizes the geo-strategic and historical circumstances surrounding the British decision to relinquish prestigious 'Kashmir', and explains how they and four Dogra maharajas consolidated and controlled J&K subsequently. He details what comprised this diverse princely state with distant borders and disunified peoples and explains the Maharaja of J&K's controversial accession to India on 26 October 1947 - and its unintended consequences. Snedden weaves a compelling narrative that frames the Kashmir dispute, explains why it continues, and assesses what it means politically and administratively for the divided peoples of J&K and their undecided futures. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Important Antecedents | 7 |
Jammu and Kashmir 18461947 | 71 |
From Princely State to Disputed State | 135 |
Contemporary and Divided JK | 189 |
Resolving the Kashmir dispute | 261 |
Conclusion | 285 |
Appendixes | 293 |
Notes | 307 |
Bibliography | 331 |
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