Kashmir History


Kashmir - The History- UN Resolutions
Area: 86000 square miles
Population: More than 12 million in O.K., AK and Gilgit Beltistan. 2/3 area illegal & forcible occupation of India.
Neighbors: North:
Central Asian State of Tajkistan
North West: Afghanistan
South West: Pakistan (lengthy border)
South East: India
Majority: Muslims 85%
Minority: Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Christian.
Status: Unresolved, awaiting plebiscite under UN
Cause of Dispute: Forcible occupation by India, under a fraudulent accession by Maharaja Harisingh on 27 Oct 1947.
Armed Struggle: Phase1: 1960'sAnti India Wave : 1980's
Mass Political/Armed Struggle : 1989-90
Freedom Struggle: 1931 against tyrannical Dogra monarchy in1947against India armed and intervention.
Plebiscite movement From 1950's to 1970's
Al-Fatah Struggle: 1969-1971
