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In 1846, the British created the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) - popularly called 'Kashmir' - and then quickly sold this prized region to the wily and powerful Raja, Gulab Singh. Intriguingly, had they retained it, the India-Pakistan dispute over possession of the state may never have arisen, but Britain's concerns lay elsewhere - - expansionist Russia, beguiling Tibet and unstable China 'circling' J&K - - and their agents played the 'Great Game' in Afghanistan and 'Turkistan'. Snedden contextualises the geo-strategic and historical circumstances surrounding the British decision to relinquish prestigious 'Kashmir', and explains how they and four Dogra maharajas consolidated and controlled J&K subsequently. He details what comprised this diverse princely state with distant borders and disunified peoples and explains the Maharaja of J&K's controversial accession to India on 26 October 1947 - and its unintended consequences. Snedden weaves a compelling narrative that frames the Kashmir dispute, explains why it continues, and assesses what it means politically and administratively for the divided peoples of J&K and their undecided futures

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris
• Author: Christopher Snedden
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9781849043427
• ISBN: 1849043426
• ID: 02099310
• Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Weight: 516 g
• Dimensions: 143 × 216 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. August 2015

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