The Conflict of Kashmir

It is well known that the say of Kashmir has always been a b unity of contention, a perennial problem perpetually since India and Pakistan achieved their independence. The issue of Kashmir is one of the major problems which has stymied the world for so long, eventuating in frightening loss of life and negative impact on the development of Kashmir. The account statement of being of Kashmirian nation is full of distress and suffering. The life of this nation is associated with penury and oppression therefore, this cannot be wished away and needs to be thoroughly discussed analyzing the origins of date of Kashmir and defining doable root words.Kashmir is a beautiful region of South Asia, nest surrounded by Pakistan, India, and China. The huge majority of the regions 13 meg inhabitants live between the Himalayan Mountains and the Pir Panjal Mountains in the Kashmir Valley. Kashmir has ii important water supplies that flow by dint of it the headwaters of the Indus River an d the Jhelum. The climate and fertile lands of Kashmir argon favorable for farming that produce cryptic procurements of corn, wheat, rice, fruit and vegetables. Another feature of Kashmir is that approximately 80% of Kashmirs population is Muslims.It is believed that these two factors of Kashmir are the main cause of bout between India and Pakistan. Therefore, lets keep this in order and con steadr everything step by step. The Region of Kashmir has changed significantly oer the last sixty years, largely due to actions of humans and the redrawing of its political borders. In 1947 Britain withdrew from India leaving behind a mapitioned subcontinent. Two Independent states, India and Pakistan, had move up into being. Jammu and Kashmir were one of the states that had existed chthonic the British control.At that time, all the princely states had two choices knuckle under to Pakistan or India. Meanwhile all the states did the needful, the State of Kashmir took a unique turn, an eve ntful and an precious turn. On October 26th, 1947 Raja Hari Singh signed an Instrument of Accession to India. This action break the rights and hopes of 77% Muslim population of Kashmir to join Pakistan that has resulted in at least(prenominal) four major wars. Besides loss of liberty for 10 million mint, it has entailed loss of lives, which was more than 102, 000, in the form of executions, bombardment and disappearances, terrible tortures, injuries, exual discriminations, destruction of property and business. The governments of India promised the people of Kashmir that they would be able to vote for their future sovereignty, save this never happened. Both Pakistan and India lease claim to the Region of Kashmir over the one-time(prenominal) six decades. Pakistan has laid two major interests to the region. The first one is the Indus River, which begins in Kashmir. The Indus River plays a crucial role for Pakistan, because it is one of the main sources of water.Secondly, as it was written, Pakistan keeps on trying to unite Muslim population of Kashmir with Muslim brothers and sisters from Pakistan. Whereas, India claims that Kashmir is an integral part of their territory and forget not relinquish its control of the region. Turning to the possible solutions, it is often reported that many efforts were under move backn by twain India and Pakistan. Furthermore, The United Nations charter tried to regulate these tensions and reach a compromise which would be convenient for twain sides. Unfortunately, all these steps did not succeed.For instance, there were a proposal of marriage to accept a boundary which would divide Kashmir into two parts, with one side administrated by India and another side by Pakistan. Current border, namely the variant of Control, divides Kashmir into Pakistani Kashmir and Indian Kashmir. According to the statistical data, this boundary is secured by 650,000 Indian soldiers, while a total army consists of 1,3 million soldiers. I a m completely sure, that this the worst way to remedy a situation since the vast majority of Muslim residents would begin had to stay with India.In my view, The United Nations must take a stronger role in this run afoul. The U. N. must require that India and Pakistan drop out the people of Kashmir to decide their sovereignty. People of Kashmir should be instituten the rights to choose whether they want to accede to India or Pakistan. It is extremely important that Kashmir must not be shared out by cultural differences, which may create an area of internal conflict in the future. There must be organized special elections under the control of the U. N. and other political observers.However, I strongly believe, that the needs and interests of Pakistan and India have to be taken into account as well. It implies that Pakistan should be given the self-assurance that some part of the important water source, Indus River, will be acquirable for Pakistan whatever happens next. Indias ne eds should not be ignorant though. Of course, there should be fixed limitations for consuming the wealth of Kashmir by India and Pakistan. Obviously, these all would motivate both sides to resolve an issue in a short time. Second solution for the involvement of Kashmir is giving an independence to whole Kashmir Region.First thing which can come to ones mind is that none of the countries will accept this way. The cause of this is that neither of sides are willing to give away the land which is very beneficial and profitable. Nevertheless, this barrier can be overcome easily. In my opinion, the U. N. could exert pressure upon both Pakistan and India in order to force them to acknowledge the State of Kashmir as an self-sufficient area. If to consider Kashmir as an independent region, it is certain that Kashmir is comprehensively weak and will not be able to exist without any help from the outside.So, in this situation both Pakistan and India could render assistance and support to Ka shmir to build an political economy and ensure a gradual development, but with compensation. In simple terms, India and Pakistan could have a bargain with Kashmir. For instance, these countries are able to ensure the safety of Kashmir allocate small part of their military in Kashmir. Moreover, both India and Pakistan can give the help to Kashmir with integration to the Organisation of United Nations. Also, they could establish some course of institutions in order to stimulate the economics of independent Kashmir.In return for this, Kashmir could allow Pakistan and India to consume finite part of natural resources. In my point of view, it would be much better if all the sides signed a declaration of league and interaction. In conclusion, it must be said that we cannot remain oblivious to these flagitious crimes, nor can the international community. We must pay more attention to this conflict and to the ways how this issue can be resolved. Every move leads to the skillful outcome , as in 1947 if Raja Hari Singh had chosen more sensible finis , so war would have been avoided and people of Kashmir would not have suffered.Unfortunately, human being cannot go back to that time and try to prevent this conflict.Bibliography 1. Global Conflict Kashmir. BJ Basinski CIM/CAM 11-23-99. 2. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. Columbia University Press. 3. The interview of Sumantra Bose to Fathom The conflict in Kashmir. Sumantra Bose 2001. 4. The official website of BBC News channel (special reports) The future of Kashmir? (http//news. bbc. co. uk/2/shared/spl/hi/south_asia/03/kashmir_future/html/) 5. The Kashmir Issue Some Options Towards Solution. Dr. Misbah Islam.