REASONSBEHIND THE DISPUTE

THE KASHMIR CONFLICT

BACKGROUND

O Partition 1947

OClaims for Kashmir

Jammu and KASHMIR

O a princely state

ONorth-west of sub-

continent

OMaharaja Hari Singh

O2/3 under India

O1/3 under Pakistan

EVENTS

VIEWS

INDIAN VIEW CHINESE VIEW

PAKISTANI VIEW KASHMIRI VIEW

INDIA’sVIEW

OInstrument of Accession, October 1947

OConstituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir

OTwo-Nation Theory

OKashmir’s autonomy

OAll differences between India and Pakistan,

including Kashmir, need to be settled through

bilateral negotiations as agreed to by the two

countries under the Simla Agreement signed on

2 July 1972.

INDIA’S VIEWOWillingness to accommodate the

political demands

OTerrorism and hate fueled by Pakistan

OPakistan’s Kashmir

OLack of civil liberties

OLack of political, economic,

fundamental rights

PAKISTAN’S VIEW

O“jugular vein of Pakistan”

ORejection of Instrument

of Accession

OViolation of Standstill

Agreement

PAKISTAN’S VIEW

OKashmir wants to be with Pakistan or independent

OIndia’s disregard to UN resolutions

OMuslim majority, Two-Nation Theory

OHuman rights violations

CHINESE VIEW

OStrategic

significance

OAksai Chin

OProposed

boundaries by

British

KASHMIRI VIEW

ORuled by Mughals, Afghans, Sikhs, Indian

Government

O A.G.Nourani - “Kashmiris are very much a

party to the dispute”

O2007

O87% of Muslim Srinagar (want

independence)

O95% of Hindu Jammu city ( support

India)

OMuslims of Azad Kashmir (support

Pakistan)

OMuslims of Kashmir valley ( free

Kashmir)

KASHMIRI VIEWOKashmiris assert that no state

election had been fair

OIndian troops (600,000)

OHuman rights violation

OAyesha Pervez- high voter

turnout can not be interpreted as

acceptance of Indian rule

OSense of identity

O….Kashmiris may well

choose Pakistan….

O…Kashmiris would prefer

independent Kashmir.

K. Balagopal