Independent Kashmir

Author : Christopher Snedden
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526156150

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Independent Kashmir by Christopher Snedden Pdf

Many disenchanted Kashmiris continue to demand independence or freedom from India. Written by a leading authority on Kashmir’s troubled past, this book revisits the topic of independence for the region (also known as Jammu and Kashmir, or J&K), and explores exactly why this aspiration has never been fulfilled. In a rare India-Pakistan agreement, they concur that neither J&K, nor any part of it, can be independent. Charting a complex history and intense geo-political rivalry from Maharaja Hari Singh’s leadership in the mid-1920s to the present, this book offers an essential insight into the disputes that have shaped the region. As tensions continue to rise following government-imposed COVID-19 lockdowns, Snedden asks a vital question: what might independence look like and just how realistic is this aspiration?

Author : Victoria Schofield
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755607204

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Kashmir in Conflict by Victoria Schofield Pdf

Why has the valley of Kashmir, famed for its beauty and tranquillity, become a major flashpoint, threatening the stability of a region of great strategic importance and challenging the integrity of the Indian state? This book examines the Kashmir conflict in its historical context, from the period when the valley was an independent kingdom right up to the struggles of the present day. Located on the borders of China, Central Asia and the Sub-Continent, the insurgency in the valley has also created serious tensions between India and Pakistan. Drawing upon research in India and Pakistan, as well as historical sources, this book traces the origins of the state in the 19th century and the controversial "sale" by the British of the predominantly Muslim valley to a Hindu Maharaja in 1846. Through an exploration of the implications for Kashmir of independence in 1947, it gives a critical account of why, for Kashmir, self-determination may seem a more attractive option than affiliation to a larger multi-racial whole.

Author : Dr. Shabir Choudhry
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781546292647

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We Are Not Independent Because We Have a Big Brother by Dr. Shabir Choudhry Pdf

Pakistani sponsored jihad in Jammu and Kashmir started in 1947; and despite death of tens of thousands of innocent people it has not ended yet. All the signs are that because of Pakistani obsession to capture Kashmir at any cost, this jihad, bloodshed and destruction will continue. Sponsored by United Kashmir Peoples National Party

Author : Dr Shabir Choudhry
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781491877883

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Kashmir Dispute by Dr Shabir Choudhry Pdf

Kashmir dispute has to be seen as human issue, and not as a territorial gain, or a strategic advantage. Like anyone else, I have no solution to this dispute that could be acceptable to all concerned, but I know what is not workable and what will not provide much desired peace and stability in the region: and that is division of the State or its accession to any country. Kashmir dispute should not be used to settle score of the past tragedies or past adventures, for example, to avenge problems of 1965, 1971, 1980s, proxy war or Kargil adventure. Also Kashmir should not be used as a battleground for competing political and religious ideologies, as it is happening on both sides of the divide. Jammu and Kashmir is a multi-religious and multi ethnic former Princely State. All citizens of Jammu and Kashmir - Pundits, Sikhs, Buddhists, Shias, Ismahilies, pro Pakistan, pro India and pro- independence, and others must have equal rights; and we must not target any community for their beliefs. We must put the past behind us and make a new start by inviting pundits and others who were uprooted from their homes because of political, communal and armed conflict back in to their homes and compensate their losses. We must build bridges of confidence and make sincere endeavours to eradicate extremism, violence, religious intolerance and hatred. However, if these war mongers and fanatics are not brought under control then my fear is that they will endanger peace, stability and future of the entire region. So time is running out, and those in position to take appropriate action, must act and act soon.

Author : Sugata Bose,Ayesha Jalal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000318845

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Kashmir and the Future of South Asia by Sugata Bose,Ayesha Jalal Pdf

This book uses an innovative people-centered approach to the Kashmir problem to shed new light on why postcolonial partitions remain unfinished and why the wounds of postcolonial nation-state formation in South Asia continue to fester. "Kashmir" is viewed as a metaphor for the permanent internal wars of partition that mark the South Asian experience. Chapters sensitively bring Kashmiri voices to the fore to examine Kashmir in the national discourses of India and Pakistan, resistance in the Kashmiri imagination and the Kashmir conflict in a global context. The book foregrounds how the space of Kashmir as a cultural, historical and political sphere persists and continues to haunt the postcolonial national present as the people of Kashmir and their cultural, literary and artistic productions cannot be contained within the regnant paradigms of the nations across which the region is partitioned. Additionally, the book explores how long-term resolution would demand engagement with historical forces, political actors and social formations that exceed the nation-state. An important contribution to the study of this troubled region, this book will be of interest to academics and researchers of modern South Asian history and politics as well as comparative politics and international relations.

Author : Mohan C. Bhandari
Publisher : Lancer Publishers
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Jammu and Kashmir (India)
ISBN : 8170621259

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Solving Kashmir by Mohan C. Bhandari Pdf

Solving Kashmir is a treatise on the Kashmir imbroglio that gives a deep insight into the myriad facets of the dispute in the State of JandK. It brings into focus the historical perspective, the geo-strategic and geo-political imperatives, as also the interests of the world powers and other regional players especially Pakistan and to an extent China. This vital piece of real estate located in the under belly of the CARS and Russia gives access to Tibet, Afghanistan and Pakistan. JandK is strategically significant to India's existence as a nation. Historically, Kashmir has been an important gateway for marauders entering the country. Losing control of JandK would open up the floodgates again. Kashmir gives India access to the strategically significant countries around JandK. It is our jewel in the crown. The main players in the dispute namely, India and Pakistan have gone to war four times over the issue with Pakistan enduring humiliating defeats, including its partition with the creation of Bangladesh. Having failed in its conventional attempts to wrest Kashmir and still in search of its identity, Pakistan has exercised the low cost/ no cost proxy war option, exploiting the ethnic and religious sentiments of the local Kashmiris, as also drumming up support from religious fundamentalists internationally. The nuclear dimension adding to the tinder box forces the international community of nations to concentrate efforts to bring the two nations to the negotiating table and resolve the problem bilaterally in accordance with the Shimla Agreement, however, with no significant success. How long will India continue to bleed? and "Where do you go from here?" are questions that willcontinue to haunt India for years to come.

Author : Luv Puri
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849041737

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Across the Line of Control by Luv Puri Pdf

Kashmir has been a contested territory ever since the subcontinent was partitioned in 1947. Despite international attention focused on Kashmir, little is known about the Pakistan-administered Jammu & Kashmir (PAJK), which is at the centre of this study. The author is a winner of the European Commission Award for Human Rights and Democracy.

Author : Christopher Snedden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849043427

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Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris by Christopher Snedden Pdf

Examines the strategic and historical circumstances surrounding the British creation and handing over of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir, the Maharaja's accession to India, and the unintended consequences of these actions.

Author : B. L. Kak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015008597182

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Kashmir, Problems and Politics by B. L. Kak Pdf

Author : Gull Mohd Wani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015034285919

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Kashmir Politics by Gull Mohd Wani Pdf

Author : Shahla Hussain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108490467

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Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition by Shahla Hussain Pdf

Historically grounded study of post-partition Kashmir that places Kashmir and Kashmiris at the centre of the historical debate.

Author : Parmanand Parashar
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Kashmir
ISBN : 8176255149

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Kashmir and the Freedom Movement by Parmanand Parashar Pdf

Author : Christopher Snedden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849046220

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Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris by Christopher Snedden Pdf

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.

Author : Anam Zakaria
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789352779482

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Between the Great Divide by Anam Zakaria Pdf

Seventy years ago, as India and Pakistan gained their independence, the region of Jammu & Kashmir also found itself divided, with parts of the territory administered by Pakistan ever since. Located by the volatile Line of Control and caught in the middle of artillery barrages from both ends, Pakistan-administered Kashmir was until over a decade ago one of the most closed-off territories of the world. In a first book of its kind, award-winning Pakistani writer Anam Zakaria travels through Pakistan-administered Kashmir to hear its people - their sufferings, hopes and aspirations. She talks to women and children living near the Line of Control, bearing the brunt of ceasefire violations; journalists and writers braving all odds to document events in remote areas; political and military representatives championing the cause of Kashmir; former militants still committed to the cause; nationalists struggling for a united independent Kashmir; and refugees yearning to reunite with their families on the other side. In the process, Zakaria breaks the silence surrounding a people who are often ignored in discussions on the present and future of Jammu & Kashmir even though they are important stakeholders in what happens in the region. What she unearths during her deeply empathetic journeys is critical to understanding the Kashmir conflict and will surprise and enlighten Indians and Pakistanis alike.

Author : M. G. Chitkara
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Jammu and Kashmir (India)
ISBN : 8170247306

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Kashmir Imbroglio by M. G. Chitkara Pdf