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Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris
Author | : Christopher Snedden |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2015-09-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1849046212 |
In 1846, the British created the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) - popularly called "Kashmir" - and then quickly sold this prized region to the wily and powerful Raja, Gulab Singh. Intriguingly, had they retained it, the India-Pakistan dispute over possession of the state may never have arisen, but Britain's concerns lay elsewhere -- expansionist Russia, beguiling Tibet and unstable China "circling" J&K -- and their agents played the 'Great Game' in Afghanistan and 'Turkistan'. Snedden contextualizes the geo-strategic and historical circumstances surrounding the British decision to relinquish prestigious 'Kashmir', and explains how they and four Dogra maharajas consolidated and controlled J&K subsequently. He details what comprised this diverse princely state with distant borders and disunified peoples and explains the Maharaja of J&K's controversial accession to India on 26 October 1947 - and its unintended consequences. Snedden weaves a compelling narrative that frames the Kashmir dispute, explains why it continues, and assesses what it means politically and administratively for the divided peoples of J&K and their undecided futures.
Kashmir and Sindh
Author | : Suranjan Das |
Publisher | : Anthem Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1898855692 |
Professor Das provides a fascinating study on the issue of ethnic politics in multi-ethnic Third World countries and the non-convergence of state and nation in this discussion of the Kashmir and Sindh questions. The artificial de-colonization process in the South Asian sub-continent resulted in the construction of national frontiers for its two successor states that did not rest on a synchronization of ethnic and state boundaries. Consequently, cross-border loyalties amongst significant sections of the population survived the boundaries imposed between the two successor states. When in the context of centralizing nation-building strategies ethnic political assertions occur in outlying or frontier areas of these nation-states, the distinction between domestic and external affairs, or between home and foreign politics, tends to lose its significance in the traditional sense. Political actors from across the borders of neighbouring state can then deny the marks of their different objective nationalities and treat themselves as members of a single 'loyalty group'. Thus, ethnic politics transcends its domestic contours and helps foment regional tensions. In such circumstances, ethnic assertions tend to constitute vital local or domestic ingredients that define the national security priorities within a particular region. The current insurrection in Kashmir and turmoil in Sindh superbly demonstrate this pattern.
Kashmir Imbroglio
Author | : M. G. Chitkara |
Publisher | : APH Publishing |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Jammu and Kashmir (India) |
ISBN | : 9788170247302 |
Kashmir in Conflict
Author | : Victoria Schofield |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2021-02-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0755607198 |
Why has the valley of Kashmir, famed for its beauty and tranquillity, become a major flashpoint, threatening the stability of a region of great strategic importance and challenging the integrity of the Indian state? This book examines the Kashmir conflict in its historical context, from the period when the valley was an independent kingdom right up to the struggles of the present day. Located on the borders of China, Central Asia and the Sub-Continent, the insurgency in the valley has also created serious tensions between India and Pakistan. Drawing upon research in India and Pakistan, as well as historical sources, this book traces the origins of the state in the 19th century and the controversial "sale" by the British of the predominantly Muslim valley to a Hindu Maharaja in 1846. Through an exploration of the implications for Kashmir of independence in 1947, it gives a critical account of why, for Kashmir, self-determination may seem a more attractive option than affiliation to a larger multi-racial whole.
Seedtime in Kashmir
Author | : Anonymous |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2023-10-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3385215331 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Converts Do Not Make a Nation
Author | : M. G. Chitkara |
Publisher | : APH Publishing |
Total Pages | : 752 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9788170249825 |
Seedtime in Kashmir: a Memoir of W. J. Elmslie ..., Late Medical Missionary, C. M. S., Kashmir, by His Widow and His Friend W. B. Thomson
Author | : M. ELMSLIE (Mrs. and THOMSON (William Burns)) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : Jammu and Kashmir (India) |
ISBN | : |