What are u talking about. Did muslim league win a single seat in a hindu majority area. On the other side, congress could win some percentage of votes. My point is **not all **muslims were supporting the Muslim league even in such segregated electoral system.
What are you even trying to prove?
Over 90% of Muslims from all over India supported the Muslim League, and therefore, the creation of Pakistan. Indians can complain and throw tantrums all they want...the fact remains that Pakistan was established democratically as the result of a popular movement. Anyone who claims otherwise is deluded.
The king did not cede until he was threatened.
Great. And maybe India would have taken over even if he hadn't ceded, just like they did in Hyderabad. As long as we're just speculating, we might as well use India's other actions as a basis...
Its your opinion. You would have preferred to be under the pathan muslim rule than a hindu dogra king.
It's not my opinion...there was indeed a pro-Pakistan already underway in Mirpur, Poonch, and Gilgit, well before any Pathans invaded. Azad Kashmir had already announced its separation from the Dogra state nearly a month before the war broke out.
The Pathans also didn't establish "Pathan Muslim rule" over the areas that they and the Azad Jammu Kashmir forces managed to keep India out of.
No thats not true. India had kingdoms and patiala was one kingdom which Dogra had relations with. He might have been called in to quench the revolt. It didnt work so Indian troops were called after he ceded to India.
The Maharaja of Patiala signed his state over to India on August 15, 1947. At that point he ceased to have the right to send around his state forces (now part of the Indian army) at will. Patiala troops started entering Kashmir in October, well after Patiala joined India.
Its not about Islam or Budhism here. Afghanistan didnot have so much of relations with India before budhism or Islam spread there. While Kashmir had even longer relations with India. You are negating your own argument here.
Before the Mughal occupation under Akbar, the last time Kashmir was part of any Indian empire was during the Kushan period, which ended around 250 AD. The Kushan Empire comprised of modern-day Pakistan, Kashmir, and Afghanistan. From that point on, Kashmir was independent till the Mughal occupation, while Afghanistan was frequently associated with a number of South Asian dynasties.