Calls from the Indian part of Kashmir for independence are growing. In the longest border crisis since the end of the Second World War, India and Pakistan have been fighting over the mountain region in the heart of the Himalayas since 1947. The Kashmir region is mainly split between India and Pakistan, with a small part over the border in China. But India and Pakistan both want to take over the whole area and Kashmir’s Muslim-majority is stuck in the middle. A guerilla movement has been fighting against the India’s central government since 1989 in a "war in a war" that seems to increase in intensity every year.
Showing posts with label line of control. Show all posts
Showing posts with label line of control. Show all posts
Monday, March 2, 2020
Kashmir showdown
Calls from the Indian part of Kashmir for independence are growing. In the longest border crisis since the end of the Second World War, India and Pakistan have been fighting over the mountain region in the heart of the Himalayas since 1947. The Kashmir region is mainly split between India and Pakistan, with a small part over the border in China. But India and Pakistan both want to take over the whole area and Kashmir’s Muslim-majority is stuck in the middle. A guerilla movement has been fighting against the India’s central government since 1989 in a "war in a war" that seems to increase in intensity every year.
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How this border transformed a subcontinent
The British tasked Cyril Radcliffe with the job of drawing a line to separate Punjab and Bengal provinces from India into East and West Pakistan. Muslims and Hindus weren’t the only ones being separated from each other. Sikhs and people from other faiths were affected as well. A Sikh pilgrimage was divided because of the new border, Punjabi people of all faiths were separated from each other, and a culture was ultimately divided.
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