Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris by Snedden, Christopher -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Dedication Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Glossary List of Tables List of Maps Introduction Part One: Important Antecedents

What is Kashmir? Who are Kashmiris? The prestige of ‘Kashmir’ The historical and strategic context for the British The Sikh Empire and Punjab Jammu and Jammuites

Part Two: Jammu and Kashmir, 1846–1947

The sale of Kashmir and the creation of J&K The British in India and the greater region after 1846 Consolidating the princely state Ongoing British strategic concerns re India’s and J&K’s neighbours What the Dogras did not control Challenges to Dogra rule

Part Three: From Princely State to Disputed State

The structure of India and J&K in 1947 The situation in August 1947 Hari Singh’s vacillation and its effects J&K becomes an international issue A contentious accession The ‘People’s Plebiscite’

Part Four: Contemporary, and Divided, J&K

J&K’s five regions

Indian J&K Pakistan-Administered J&K

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Azad Kashmir) Northern Areas/Gilgit-Baltistan Significant challenges to J&K’s post-1949 status quo

1950: Dixon and the possible break up of J&K From 1954: India no longer interested in People’s Plebiscite 1960: Indus Waters Treaty 1962 China-India war—and subsequent rivalry 1963: China-Pakistan Border Agreement 1965: second India-Pakistan war From 1965: China and Pakistan become allies 1971: third India-Pakistan war From the early 1980s: Siachen Glacier From 1988: Kashmiris’ anti-India uprising 1998: India and Pakistan confirm their nuclear capabilities 1999: the Kargil ‘war’ 2001: Terrorism 2005: Opening the LOC to J&K-ites

Part Five: Resolving the Kashmir dispute

Attempts to Resolve the Kashmir dispute The Official Positions of India and Pakistan The India-Pakistan ‘trust deficit’ Since 1947: an increasing desire for independence One way to resolve the Kashmir dispute: Let the People Decide

Conclusion Appendixes

Appendix I: The Mountains of, and around, J&K Appendix II: Maharajas of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir Appendix III: Rules for Visitors to Kashmir Appendix IV: Wars in, or over, Jammu and Kashmir since 1947 Appendix V: Districts of Jammu and Kashmir

Notes Bibliography Index

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