Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris

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