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Name: A Modern History of Jammu and Kashmir
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A Modern History of Jammu and Kashmir

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ISBN: 9789354474910

Publisher: Speaking Tiger

Author(s): Harbans Singh

Pub Year: 2023

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Pages: 424

Imprint: Speaking Tiger

The modern history of Jammu and Kashmir is often focused mainly on the Kashmir Valley, leaving out the other regions that make up the bulk of the erstwhile Princely State. A similar limitation marks most discussions of the rule of the fourth-generation Dogra ruler of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh. After his inheritance of the throne from his uncle in 1925, Hari Singh introduced a number of progressive reforms among them, programmes for girl education, opening temple doors for Dalits and abolishing the exploitative begar system of labour. However, contemporary historians mostly look past these reforms and focus only on the issue of the accession of the State to India and the events that followed it.

At a time when the entire subcontinent was reeling from the shock and violence of Partition, the Maharaja had to decide which dominion-India or Pakistan-the State would join. How was he to choose where to put his trust, especially after Pakistan-backed Pashtun tribals invaded the State and India refused to offer military help? Was any decision possible that would appease all-the Muslim majority of Kashmir, the Hindu majority of Jammu and the Buddhist majority of Ladakh?

Those tumultuous times and opposition by Sheikh Abdullah took a toll on Hari Singh during the final years of his reign. Accession to India was not as easy as he had hoped, and pressurised by Nehru and Sardar Patel, the Maharaja was forced to choose exile in 1949 and spent the rest of his days in Bombay.

Harbans Singh's A Modern History of Jammu and Kashmir, Volume One: The Troubled Years of Mabaraja Hari Singh (1925-1949) offers a more rounded history of the State than most available scholarship and brings both Hari Singh and the soldiers of the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces (JAK), who fought during the tribal invasion, into focus. The first volume in a trilogy, this book offers a strong and nuanced defence of the last ruler of Jammu and Kashmir and is a valuable document in understanding the evolving history of Jammu and Kashmir.

A Modern History of Jammu and Kashmir

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