Author: Satya Shanbhag

Sankalp Diwas – Time to free POJK from the illegal occupation of Pakistan
Featured, National

Sankalp Diwas – Time to free POJK from the illegal occupation of Pakistan

(Translated from the original in Kannada on Samvada.org)   After the British left India, the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir ruled by Maharaja Hari Singh of the Dogra Dynasty acceded to the Union of India on October 26, 1947. Jammu and Kashmir has been an integral part of India since time immemorial. However, Pakistan's nefarious ploy to illegally usurp Jammu & Kashmir in the aftermath of the partition of the country in 1947, was bolstered by Prime Minister Nehru's reckless move to take the issue to the United Nations. This resulted in the declaration of a ceasefire resulting in Pakistan sitting over 90,000 kms of India's territory including the Gilgit-Baltistan and Shaksgam valley, even before the Indian army could repel and oust Pakistan from the occupied areas. In 196...