A region claimed by both Pakistan and
India.
Kashmir shares a boarder with each of the aforementioned countries, but in 1947 (When independence was gained for Pakistan and
India) it'
s maharajah, Hari Singh (descended of Gulab Singh), refused to meet an agreement with either nation, as he hoped to remain independent.
In October 1947, two months after the partition of Pakistan and
India, Pathan tribesmen from Pakistan entered Kashmir, routed the maharajah's troops and moved towards the capital, Srinagar. Hari Singh asked
India's assistance, which was granted only after he agreed to annex his state to
India. The Pathans, as un-disciplined as they were warlike, stopped to loot the local population, giving
India an opportunity to airlift reinforcements to Srinagar. Pakistani troops entered the war to support the Pathans. Fighting went back and forth.
This began the tensions between
India and Pakistan which persist today.
In my opinion Kashmir belongs to India, and I hope to see it come under India's full control in the near future!