Re: Two thirds in Kashmir want independence: poll
Nehru’s telegram to Liaqat Ali Khan On 27 October 1947, the day the Indian army officially invaded Kashmir.
Jawaharlal Nehru sent the following telegram to Liaqat Ali Khan, the Prime
Minister of Pakistan:
“I should like to make it clear that the question of aiding Kashmir in this emergency is not designed in
any way to influence the State to accede to India. Our view which we have repeatedly made public
is that the question of accession in any disputed territory or State must be decided in accordance
with the wishes of people and we adhere to this view.”
Nehru’s telegram to Liaqat Ali Khan On 31 October 1947, four days after the Indian army officially invaded Kashmir.
Nehru’s telegram to Liaqat Ali Khan
Four days later, in his telegram of 3l October, 1947, to Pakistan Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan, Nehru said:
" … our assurance that we shall withdraw our troops from Kashmir as soon as peace and order are
restored and leave the decision about the future of the State to the people of the State is not merely
a pledge to your government but also to the people of Kashmir and to the world."
Nehru’s reiteration of plebiscite pledge in a telegram to Liaqat Ali Khan of 3 November, 1947
“I wish to draw your attention to broadcast on Kashmir which l made last evening. have stated our
Government’s policy and made it clear that we have no desire to impose our will on Kashmir but to
leave final decision to people of Kashmir. l further stated that we have agreed on impartial
international agency like United Nation’, supervising any referendum.”
Government of India’s letter to the Security Council. In its letter of 31 December, 1947, taking the Kashmir issue to the UN, the Government of India wrote to the Security Council:
" … But in order to avoid any possible suggestion that India had utilised the State’s immediate peril
for her own political advantage, the Government of India made it clear that once the soil of the State
had been cleared of the invader and normal conditions restored, its people would be free to decide
their future by the recognised democratic method of plebiscite or referendum which, in order to
ensure complete impartiality, might be held under international auspices."