Chronology of Kashmir History Reconstructed

This book deals with the important events in the history of Kashmir which brought unrest and turmoil. Kashmir has never being same since them. 1947 - End of British rule and partition of sub-continent into mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority state of Pakistan. 1947 - The Maharaja of Kashmir signs a treaty of accession with India after a Pakistani tribal army attacks. War breaks out between India and Pakistan over the region. 1948 - India raises Kashmir in the UN Security Council, which in Resolution 47 calls for a referendum on the status of the territory. The resolution also calls on Pakistan to withdraw its troops and India to cut its military presence to a minimum. A ceasefire comes into force, but Pakistan refuses to evacuate its troops. Kashmir is for practical purposes partitioned. 1951 - Elections in the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir back accession to India. India says this makes a referendum unnecessary. The UN and Pakistan say a referendum needs to take into account the views of voters throughout the former princely state. 1953 - The pro-Indian authorities dismiss and arrest Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah, leader of the governing National Conference, after he takes a pro-referendum stance and delays formal accession to India. A new Jammu and Kashmir government ratifies accession to India. 1957 - The constitution of Indian-administrated Jammu and Kashmir defines it as part of India. 1950s - China gradually occupies eastern Kashmir (Aksai Chin). Indian army officers occupy a fort during the war with China 1962 - China defeats India in a short war for control of Aksai Chin. 1963 - Pakistan cedes the Trans-Karakoram Tract of Kashmir to China. 1965 - A brief war between Indian and Pakistan over Kashmir ends in a ceasefire and a return to the previous positions.