Kashmir

By Yash Desai
Information About Kashmir

 Map of Kashmir
 Kashmir is located in Northern
Part of India
 It borders with Pakistan and
China
 Located in the valley of
Himalayas, Himalayas is shared
by four countries
 Known as crown of India
 current conflicts in other words
I will tell you how the one of
the beautiful place in the world
is turned into hell
 Conclusion
Kashmir
 Kashmir is the part of country
which is widely diverse one of
the example of the diversity is
the languages spoken.
 In India we have about 15
government recognized
languages to name a few they
are Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
and English
 And each one has its own
grammar and vocabulary and
they differ from each other like
English differ from French
 Unity in Diversity
Picture of Lake in Kashmir
People Working in Kashmir
Beautiful scenery of Kashmir
Another picture
A Lake in Kashmir
Himalayas Range
Current picture
Map of Kashmir
 Current Conflicts

 India divided in three parts in 1947

 Because of Mohammad Ali and few other
activists
 It got divided in three parts India, East
Pakistan (today's Bangladesh) and West
Pakistan.
 When India got independence all the kings
and state got join either in India or Pakistan
 Current Conflicts
 But the Hari Singh the king of Kashmir undecided
 So India and Pakistan makes a standstill agreement
and he gets help from both countries.
 Pakistan violates agreement on 22nd October 1947
and holds the supplies and attacks Kashmir
 He writes a letter to the governor general of India
(sd). Lord Mountbatten stating that Pakistan has
attacked his territory and he needs Indian support
 India said sign the instrument of accession and we
will supply you with army.
 Current Conflicts
October 27 1947
th

 October 27th 1947 Indian army enters

Kashmir to defend against Pakistani
troops
 December 31st,1947

 On December 31st,1947 a highly

unconstitutional offer of plebiscite was
made by prime minister Nehru
 January 1st 1948
 India under Nehru declares unilateral
cease-fire
 under article 35 of the U.N. chapter, India
files complains against pakistan
 Since that day there are two parts of
Kashmir
 IOK
 POK (they call it Azad (independent)
Kashmir that’s 2/5 of the state
 Wars

 3 wars
 1st war when they entered Kashmir
against Pakistani military.
 In 1971 creation of Bangladesh
 In 1999 Kargil War
 Link to the civilian
casualty in Kashmir
 http://www.armyinkashmir.org/civilian
.html
Last but not the least
 One of the beautiful in the world is turned
into hell, by the terrorism by Pakistan and
nobody is doing anything
 To let my audience know how beautiful
Kashmir is and what is going on there
 My purpose of choosing this topic was to
inform people what Kashmir is and why are
we fighting over a small piece of land over
last 50 years
 in my next speech I will tell you what I
think about it
 Work cited
 The Instrument of Accession of Jammu and
Kashmir state: A Historical Perpective.
armyinkashmir. 08 July 2003
<http://www.armyinkashmir.org/history/history1.ht
ml>.