1st Edition
‘Be Clear Kashmir will Vote for India’ Jammu & Kashmir 1947-1953 Reporting the Contemporary Understanding of the Unreported
By Raghuvendra Tanwar
Copyright 2019
328 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
38 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
308 Pages
38 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The central point that this volume makes is that much of what happened in Jammu & Kashmir in the critical first few years (1947-53) needs a more careful reassessment. It is argued that there were little voices of ordinary people that should have been heard but were ignored. The political discourse that took centre stage even as it appeared more assertive and representative of mass public... Read more
Introduction 1. Jammu & Kashmir: A Historical Perspective – Religion Culture and Tradition 47 2. The Invasion of Jammu & Kashmir: Public Opinion Turns Anti-Pakistan 3. Nehru Puts Abdullah Incharge: Beginning of the Political Whirlpool 4. ‘Pilgrimage of Hindustan to Lake Success (UN) the Hotbed of International Intrigue’: Nehru sees Kashmir as a World Problem 5. ‘Accession Still in the Melting Pot’ The Praja Parishad: Nehru-Mookerjee and Abdullah 6. The Dismissal of Sheikh Abdullah Pakistan Prime Minister Meets Nehru: Talk of Plebescite and Partition of Kashmir 7. Conclusion
Biography
Raghuvendra Tanwar has taught modern history at Kurukshetra University for thirty-nine years, superannuating as Senior Professor in 2015. He has been the University’s Dean Academic Affairs and Dean Social Sciences.
