26 OCTOBER 2007

26 OCTOBER 1947 : THE KASHMIR MAHARAJA ASKS TO JOIN INDIA UNION

[color=#008000]When, in 1947 summer, the British India empire had to be divided between India and Pakistan, each state had to chose to join one of these new countries.

For Kashmir, the situation was very particular. A large majority of the population was Muslim, but the ruler was the Hindu maharaja Hari Singh who, as his father kept all the leading posts to hindus. His dream was an an independent Kashmir, as Afghanistan.

As soon as the independence of Pakistan (whose K letter in its name means Kashmir) and India was proclaimed, a Muslim insurgency happened with Palistanese help.

On 24 October 1947, maharaja Hari Singh ask India to help him to crush this insurgency. New Delhi answered that it could only intervene in India territory saying that Kashmir has first to join the India Union.

So, on 26 October 1947, maharaja Hari Singh, officially asks to India that his kingdom to join Indian
http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/documents/harisingh47.html


OTHER FACTS

1633 : Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord

1850 : Start of the Taiping insurgency in China lead by Hong Xiuquan

1909 : Assassinat of Prince Hirobumi Ito by an Korea independence militant

1955 : Proclamation of Republic of South Vietnam. Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims himself as president

1962 : After Chinese agression, India government proclaims State of emergency.

1965 : Birth of Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer

1971 : Birth of Fang Yu, Taiwanese actress

1972 : Birth of Miwako Kawai, Japanese actress

1974 : Birth of Raveena Tandon, Indian actress

1979 : President of South Korea Park Chung-hee is assassinated by the Intelligence Agency head Kim Jae-kyu http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/26/ newsid_2478000/2478353.stm

1979 : Birth of Ai Nagase, Japanese actress

2001 : As a reward for their help in the fight against terrorism, Tokyo leaves all the applied sanctions on India and Pakistan after their nuclear 1998 tests.

2003 : Death of Kim Yong-sun, a North Korea leader, closed ally of Kim Jong-il http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200310/28/eng20031028_127048.shtml

2005 : Death of Rong Yiren, Chinese vice-president of the République (1993-1998), a friend of Deng Xiaoping and founder of the China Trust & Investment Corp (CITIC). http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1645104,00.html

Today is National Day of Austria : Hi ! kdh.haidinger have a nice day<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2007/10/26 16:57