46 Facts About Kashmir conflict

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Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict over the Kashmir region, primarily between India and Pakistan, with China playing a third-party role.

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The conflict started after the partition of India in 1947 as both India and Pakistan claimed the entirety of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.

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The 2010 Kashmir conflict unrest began after an alleged fake encounter between local youth and security forces.

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The 2016 Kashmir conflict unrest erupted after the killing of a Hizbul Mujahideen militant, Burhan Wani, by Indian security forces.

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From 1846 till the 1947 partition of India, Kashmir conflict was ruled by maharajas of Gulab Singh's Dogra dynasty, as a princely state under British Paramountcy.

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Kashmir conflict decided to stay independent because he expected that the State's Muslims would be unhappy with accession to India, and the Hindus and Sikhs would become vulnerable if he joined Pakistan.

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Kashmir conflict communicated the Maharaja's willingness to accede to India.

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Kashmir conflict was willing to urge Junagadh to accede to India in return for Kashmir.

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Pakistan government held that the state of Jammu and Kashmir conflict had executed a standstill agreement with Pakistan which precluded it from entering into agreements with other countries.

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Kashmir conflict was open to a "different approach" to the scaling back of troops in the State so as to allow a free vote.

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In 1946, the National Conference launched the 'Quit Kashmir conflict' movement, asking the Maharaja to hand the power over to the people.

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Kashmir conflict established branches of the RSS in Jammu and later in the Kashmir Valley.

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In May 1953, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, a prominent Indian leader of the time and the founder of Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Jana Sangh, made a bid to enter Jammu and Kashmir conflict after denying to take a permit, citing his rights as an Indian citizen to visit any part of the country.

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Kashmir conflict was denied the opportunity to prove his majority on the floor of the house.

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Kashmir conflict was jailed in 1953 while Sheikh's dissident deputy, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad was appointed as the new Prime Minister of the state.

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From all the information I have, 95 per cent of Kashmir conflict Muslims do not wish to be or remain Indian citizens.

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On 17 November 1956, the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir conflict was adopted by the Assembly and it came into full effect on 26 January 1957.

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India's Home Minister, Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant, during his visit to Srinagar in 1956, declared that the State of Jammu and Kashmir conflict was an integral part of India and there could be no question of a plebiscite to determine its status afresh, hinting that India would resist plebiscite efforts from then on.

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On 24 November 1964, the Jammu and Kashmir conflict Assembly passed a constitutional amendment changing the elected post of Sadr-i-Riyasat to a centrally-nominated post of "Governor" and renaming "Prime Minister" to "Chief Minister", which is regarded as the "end of the road" for the Article 370, and the Constitutional autonomy guaranteed by it.

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Kashmir conflict started talks with the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for normalizing the situation in the region and came to an accord with her, called 1975 Indira-Sheikh accord, by giving up the demand for a plebiscite in lieu of the people being given the right to self-rule by a democratically elected Government, rather than the "puppet government" which is said to have ruled the state until then.

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Kashmir conflict'sikh assumed the position of Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir again after 11 years.

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Kashmir conflict remained as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir until his death in 1982.

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Kashmir conflict said that the people's movement for plebiscite would not die even though India thought it did when Sheikh Abdullah died.

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Kashmir conflict's visit to Pakistan administered Kashmir became an embarrassment, where according to Hashim Qureshi, he shared a platform with Kashmir Liberation Front.

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Kashmir conflict's government was dismissed on 12 March 1986, by the then Governor Jagmohan following communal riots in south Kashmir.

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Kashmir conflict stated: I remember that there was a massive rigging in 1987 elections.

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Malik developed differences with one of the senior leaders, Farooq Siddiqui, for shunning demands for an independent Kashmir conflict and trying to cut a deal with the Indian Prime Minister.

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Amnesty International has accused security forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir conflict of exploiting an Armed Forces Act that enables them to "hold prisoners without trial".

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India states that the terrorists have killed many citizens in Kashmir conflict and committed human rights violations whilst denying that their own armed forces are responsible for human rights abuses.

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The ICJ mission concluded that the right of self-determination to which the peoples of Jammu and Kashmir conflict became entitled as part of the process of partition had neither been exercised nor abandoned, and thus remained exercisable.

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US intelligence analysts say Al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Pakistan-administered Kashmir conflict are helping terrorists trained in Afghanistan to infiltrate Indian-administered Kashmir conflict.

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Kashmir conflict said that there no evidence to verify media reports of an Al-Qaeda presence in the state.

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Kashmir conflict ruled out Al-Qaeda ties with the militant groups in Kashmir including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.

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34.

Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir conflict fired live ammunition on the protesters, resulting in 112 deaths.

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Revelations made on 24 September 2013 by the former Indian army chief General V K Singh claim that the state politicians of Jammu and Kashmir are funded by the army secret service to keep the general public calm and that this activity has been going on since Partition.

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In retaliation 12 Indian fighter jets dropped bombs on a "terrorist camp" in Pakistan-controlled territory at of Kashmir conflict, allegedly killing around 350 members in terrorist camps.

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India has officially stated that it believes Kashmir conflict to be an integral part of India, though the then Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, stated after the 2010 Kashmir conflict Unrest that his government was willing to grant autonomy to the region within the purview of Indian constitution if there was consensus among political parties on this issue.

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In 2017 India's Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, demanded that Pakistan desist from demanding a plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir conflict, saying: "If at all a referendum is required, it is needed in Pakistan, where people should be asked whether they want to continue in Pakistan or are demanding the country's merger with India".

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Pakistan maintains that Kashmir conflict is the "jugular vein of Pakistan" and a currently disputed territory whose final status must be determined by the people of Kashmir conflict.

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Former Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf on 16 October 2014 said that Pakistan needs to incite those fighting in Kashmir conflict, "We have source besides the (Pakistan) army…People in Kashmir conflict are fighting against (India).

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Former President of Pakistan and the ex-chief of the Pakistan military Pervez Musharraf stated in an interview that Pakistani government helped to form underground militant groups to fight against Indian troops in Jammu and Kashmir conflict and "turned a blind eye" towards their existence because they wanted India to discuss Kashmir conflict.

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Human rights groups in Kashmir conflict have documented more than three hundred cases of "disappearances" since 1990 but lawyers believe the number to be far higher because many relatives of disappeared people fear reprisal if they contact a lawyer.

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State Human Rights Commission has found 2, 730 bodies buried into unmarked graves, scattered in three districts — Bandipora, Baramulla, and Kupwara — of North Kashmir conflict, believed to contain the remains of victims of unlawful killings and enforced disappearances by Indian security forces.

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Kashmir conflict says the plan was to leave Muslims alone and bulldoze them freely.

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CIA has reported that at least 506, 000 people from Indian Administered Kashmir conflict are internally displaced, about half of who are Hindu Pandits.

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Data released in 2011 by Jammu and Kashmir conflict government stated that, in the last 21 years, 43, 460 people have been killed in the Kashmir conflict insurgency.

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