" Facts " are against you ... That is what Maharaja wanted but at that time it wasn't something possible because princely states had to join either dominion ! ... Kashmiris thought Maharaja would accede to Pakistan owing to the wishes of the people as envisioned in the partition plan ...
No, princely states had to choose their own fate. Hyderabad stayed separate right (for a while), so why shouldn't Kashmir stay the same way?
No , you need to research more ... You agree that there was uprising against Maharaja rule then why is it so hard to believe that they were the ones who liberated the AK and GB ?
'Coz the Maharaja was killing them all. Get real man. We all know how much power a civilian had back then. The only kind of revolution that works, is when someone influential supports them. USA had French help, In France all the businessmen had joined their revolution, in the Bloodless Revolution, the Dutch King had "invaded" England. Civilians can't do much on their own.
The irregulars arrived much longer to find certain areas under Siege by state forces and later by IA ... The local Kashmiri populace was already done with Muzaffarabad , Bagh , Bhimber and Deva-Vatala and in the north almost the whole of Gilgit district by then ... Pakistan sent " guerillas " because of the tyranny of the state forces against Muslims who wanted to join Pakistan ... Need I remind you that Muslims were the overwhelming majority of the state then and now ?
They may have liberated pockets, but the only forces that defeated anyone, were the Pakistani guerillas, who beat the Maharaja's provincial army.
Which unofficial plebiscite would that be ? And what are you afraid of , if you are so confident of the results ?
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... Pakistan has always showed its willingness to hold a plebiscite and leave it to the Kashmiris to chose their future - even now ... In the recent UN spat - Islamabad again talked about it very clearly ...
Not sure, I read about it on the wiki page about the Kashmir conflict. It is sourced as far as i remember, go and have a read.
We aren't afraid.
Why didn't you vacate it then ?
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... UN was ready , Pakistan was ready but both countries just couldn't agree to the procedure due to the obvious mistrust - in my opinion UN should have taken care of it holding it under its own administration ... Nah , plebiscite will happen when India stops shouting " an integral part " when certainly its a disputed area , your own constitution is a solid testimony to that !
This is where the tricky part comes in. Pakistan was the first to violate Kashmir's sovereignty, by sending guerillas. Indian Army was present there legally, because of the instrument of accession. Therefore, India got the benefit of the doubt, and UN had expected Pakistan to vacate first, which they refused. Pakistan did not vacate, it wasn't ready as you said.
India only shouts "integral part", 'coz Pakistan shouts "disputed territory". It's a natural mechanism, built into all humans. When someone calls you a fool, you always shout back "idiot". Quite the same. You might not believe it, but if Pakistan hadn't attacked Kashmir first, the whole dispute wouldn't have started.
Pakistan says that it wants a neutral party to conduct the plebiscite. Why doesn't it listen to the neutral party's demands? UN quite clearly wanted Pakistan to vacate first, Pakistan refused.
India can't be expected to vacate the area, since the insurgency Pakistan created and funded, has given us every reason to maintain our military presence. India can only vacate after a plebiscite now.
Sorry , kid ... PA would have been in Kashmir much earlier if the General Gracy hadn't disobeyed a direct order from Jinnah ... So , irregulars were mobilized and then later PA marched beyond Skardu and Nehru had to run to UN to save his *** ...
I've repeated this a hundred times before, but Pakistanis refuse to accept the fact. The "irregulars" fought and defeated the Maharaja's weak provincial army. They did
not defeat the Indian Army, a bunch of untrained Pathans cannot defeat a professionally trained army.