Kashmir's maharaja signs the Instrument of Accession
1947 · Event
With Pashtun raiders from Pakistan driving on Srinagar, Hari Singh — Hindu ruler of a Muslim-majority state who had hoped to join neither dominion — accedes to India in exchange for airlifted troops. The signature launches the first Indo-Pakistani war and a dispute still unresolved.
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