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Kashmir By Yash Desai
Information About Kashmir • Map of Kashmir • Kashmir is located in Northern Part of India • It borders with Pakistan and China • Located in the valley of Himalayas, Himalayas is shared by four countries • Known as crown of India • current conflicts in other words I will tell you how the one of the beautiful place in the world is turned into hell • Conclusion
Kashmir • Kashmir is the part of country which is widely diverse one of the example of the diversity is the languages spoken. • In India we have about 15 government recognized languages to name a few they are Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and English • And each one has its own grammar and vocabulary and they differ from each other like English differ from French • Unity in Diversity
Current Conflicts • India divided in three parts in 1947 • Because of Mohammad Ali and few other activists • It got divided in three parts India, East Pakistan (today's Bangladesh) and West Pakistan. • When India got independence all the kings and state got join either in India or Pakistan
Current Conflicts • But the Hari Singh the king of Kashmir undecided • So India and Pakistan makes a standstill agreement and he gets help from both countries. • Pakistan violates agreement on 22nd October 1947 and holds the supplies and attacks Kashmir • He writes a letter to the governor general of India (sd). Lord Mountbatten stating that Pakistan has attacked his territory and he needs Indian support • India said sign the instrument of accession and we will supply you with army.
Current ConflictsOctober 27th 1947 • October 27th 1947 Indian army enters Kashmir to defend against Pakistani troops
December 31st,1947 • On December 31st,1947 a highly unconstitutional offer of plebiscite was made by prime minister Nehru
January 1st 1948 • India under Nehru declares unilateral cease-fire • under article 35 of the U.N. chapter, India files complains against pakistan • Since that day there are two parts of Kashmir • IOK • POK (they call it Azad (independent) Kashmir that’s 2/5 of the state
Wars • 3 wars • 1st war when they entered Kashmir against Pakistani military. • In 1971 creation of Bangladesh • In 1999 Kargil War
Link to the civilian casualty in Kashmir • http://www.armyinkashmir.org/civilian.html
Last but not the least • One of the beautiful in the world is turned into hell, by the terrorism by Pakistan and nobody is doing anything • To let my audience know how beautiful Kashmir is and what is going on there • My purpose of choosing this topic was to inform people what Kashmir is and why are we fighting over a small piece of land over last 50 years • in my next speech I will tell you what I think about it
Work cited • The Instrument of Accession of Jammu and Kashmir state: A Historical Perpective. armyinkashmir. 08 July 2003 <http://www.armyinkashmir.org/history/history1.html>.