India is in a strong mood to get back the Gilgit-Baltistan, illegally captured by Pakistan.

India is in a strong mood to get back the Gilgit-Baltistan, illegally captured by Pakistan.

For India Jammu and Kashmir is a crown but it has proven very much heavy and for that India needed war with Pakistan four times defeating it. And also the fire of terrorism is not stopping in Kashmir from last three decades. India had lost its gems from seven decades.

·         From the starting of the nineteenth century Dogra had been ruling in Kashmir. The area was much 222236 square kilometres. After the independence, Pakistan attacked and took 13300 square kilometres of area. Brave Indian soldiers were fighting but Indian Government stopped the war and the area was eaten by Pakistan. The area is now known as ‘Azad Kashmir’.

·         North Kashmir is known as Gilgit-Baltistan which is about 72496 square kilometres of land which Pakistan got illegally since 1947.

·         From this region Pakistan gifted China a 6900 square kilometres of land known as Shaksgam Valley. Now it belongs to China.

·         China captured about 37250 square kilometres of land of Ladakh, at one time it was Kashmir’s inseparable part now it is known as ‘Akshai Chin’.

·         Now India has less than 50% of the original size of Kashmir. And that also is now made hell by Pakistan supported terrorism. India has lost more than 5500 soldiers in a war that has no means. Then also to maintain peace India has deployed 60000 soldiers. And half military soldiers go more than 200000. Due to terrorism many attacks are carried out and soldiers become martyrs.

What is happening in Gilgit and Baltistan today?

Gilgit and Baltistan are true gems of Kashmir, the heaven on earth. Pakistan captured this from 1947. The Pakistan Government had done no developmental works in this area. This area is known as POK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) and has its own government. The Governor is at the top power, the Chief Minister then. Islamabad government now wants to remove this system and wants the power under the rule by carrying the elections. The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered this but Foreign Ministry of Indian Government opposed this saying that POK is an inseparable part of India. India started to show the weather report for POK from 6th May, 2020. This shows that India is now starting to apply a strong diplomatic plan.

This is about Kashmir’s monarch state formed.

Kashmir was ruled by Mughals for 165 years and by Afghans for 67 years. The Kashmiri people were depressed under this rule. Kashmiri people felt independence on 15thJuly, 1819 when Punjab’s Maharaja RanjitSingh attacked under leadership of Major General Diwanchand at Afghan Leader Jabbar Khan and defeated it. A development lover, an independent King was established at throne. At that time south of Jammu valley was ruled by Dogra Maharaja Gulab Singh. Both these thrones had one general Jorawar Singh Kahluriya who won both the parts and joined them to the Dogra Empire in 1834 and 1839. With the death of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjitsingh the Sikh Empire tended to become weak. In February, 1846 Britishers started war with Maharaja Gulab Singh and purchased Kashmir Valley for 7.5 Million rupees. The remaining Gilgit was won by his son Ranveer Singh in 1866 and made the Dogra Empire more wide. In the Indian subcontinent this became the largest monarch state with 222236 square kilometers area.

Kashmir State was made up of five parts Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit and Baltistan. The work was carried out nicely but the dispute that brings today’s India and Pakistan in front of each other happened in 1935. Communist Russian Army was carrying out military actions in the Sikiyang Area of China, to keep an eye the British-Indo Government decided to make an army headquarter in Gilgit-Baltistan. They decided to take the area for 60 years rent from Maharaja Harisingh. They made a regiment made up of 80 soldiers and 8 teams named ‘Gilgit Scout’, Gilgit-Baltistan was just given to British on rent but  let’s see how they transact foolishly with Pakistan.

British Prime Minister decided to free India from Britain, and in July the rent transaction with Maharaja Harisingh was dismissed. ‘Gilgit Scout’ was called from there. On 1st August, 1947 Maharaja made Brigadier Dhansara Singh the Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan.

Now the British should have left the area but the ‘Gilgit Scout’ didn’t leave that area and stayed there only. The leader of ‘Gilgit Scout’ Major William Brown had a bad plan to give the full area of Gilgit-Baltistan to Pakistan. He took help of his subordinate Subedar Major Babar Khan to black mail the citizens and at the name of religion pressurized them to join Pakistan. Brigadier Dhansara Singh the Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan didn’t have any idea of this bad plan. The plan was caught in October, 1947. Pakistan attacked Kashmir and then the Maharaja Harisingh accepted to join India. As the Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan, Dhansara Singh needed to sign the document of joining the Gilgit-Baltistan in India. But he was not made to sign by Major William Brown by revolution of ‘Gilgit Scout’ and by black mailing with guns he was made slave and said that Gilgit-Baltistan wanted to join Pakistan and not India!

See! how the foolish British made this happen, the Gilgit-Baltistan belonged to Maharaja Harisingh they had taken for rent and also the rent contract was cancelled. Now, who was Major William Brown to decide that Gilgit-Baltistan should join India or Pakistan? On 1st November, 1947 he gave Gilgit-Baltistan to Pakistani Prime Minister Liyakat Ali Khan. Without dropping a drop of blood Pakistan received Gilgit-Baltistan a 72496 square kilometers. Kashmir was going to join India but didn’t. The top level officers above than Major William Brown were silent and also the Indian Government did not take necessary steps. A strong military action was expected but it shouted for help at the United Nations 1st January, 1948.

On 5th January, 1949 and 17th January, 1949 a report was published “Pakistan cannot claim to exercise sovereignty in respect of J&K”. On 23rd March, 2017 in British Parliament a member Bob Black man stands with an opposition to what was done by Major William Brown in context of Gilgit-Baltistan in answer the British Parliament passes a report ‘Gilgit-Baltistan is a legal and constitutional part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, which is illegally occupied by Pakistan since 1947’.

·         In Indian Parliament in August, 2019 the ‘Article 370’ was removed that made Kashmir an integral part of India and it was freely said that ‘Azad Kashmir’ includes Gilgit, Baltistan, Shaksgam Valley and ‘Akshai Chin’ and that it belongs to India.

·         Now by starting to show the weather report of Gilgit-Baltistan India is in a strong mood of getting back the illegally captured area by Pakistan.