History of Kashmir

Kasmir

The Kashmirq dispute dates from 1947. The partition of the Indian sub-continent along religious lines led to the formation of India and Pakistan. However, there remained the problem of over 650 states, run by princes, existing within the two newly independent countries. 

There has been much innovative scholarship about Kashmir, but by and large this has avoided directly addressing the events of 1947. Certainly, recent scholarly writing has not sought to make use of oral history in narrating how the Kashmir conflict began. The most refreshing aspect of much of this scholarship is the absence of polemic or of a politicised undertow. Much of the earlier writing about Kashmir, including well researched accounts of its history,

the first week of August 1998 Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged artillery fire, described by locals as heavier than that of the 1948 and 1965 wars put together. An estimated 50,000 rounds of ammunition were expended and a large number of soldiers and civilians killed.