Unravelling the Kashmir knot / Aman M. Hingorani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hingorani, Aman M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations--History--20th century.

United Nations.

History.

Jammu and Kashmir (India)--History--20th century.

Jammu and Kashmir (India).

Jammu and Kashmir (India)--History--21st century.

Jammu and Kashmir (India)--Politics and government.

Jammu and Kashmir (India)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

India--History--Partition, 1947--Influence.

India.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--20th century.

Great Britain.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

United States.

Autonomy and independence movements.

Diplomatic relations.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Politics and government.

India--Jammu and Kashmir.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 386 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2016.

Summary:

"This book challenges the current discourse on the Kashmir issue, both nationally and internationally. It explains how the Kashmir issue was the inevitable result of the ruthless British policies to satisfy their imperial interests in the Indian sub-continent, and of the utter ineptitude and political naiveté of eminent Indian leaders of undivided India in rising to the challenge. The book describes the British politics during the freedom struggle in colonial India that culminated in the partition of the sub-continent to create a 'Pakistan' friendly to the British. The book details how it was in line with such politics that the Kashmir problem was deliberately created and sustained by the British, and intended by the British to remain the end product of the British Raj. The Kashmir issue later assumed its present dimensions due to Pakistan's persistent efforts, India's habitual bungling as also the political expediency of the UNSC and the international community. In the process, it is the people across the Indian sub-continent who continue to be taken for a ride. While the festering Kashmir issue has contributed immensely to the rise in international terrorism, it was the British, and later American, policy on Kashmir that created a conducive environment for such terrorism"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / by Upendra Baxi

The Indian sub-continent under the British colonial rule

Partition of the Indian sub-continent I

Partition of the Indian sub-continent II

Princely Indian States and Kashmir

Reference to the people

Britain, Kashmir and reference to the United Nations

United Nations and the reference

Territorial status quo

Kashmir and the United Nations

Inadequacies of the current proposals to resolve the Kashmir issue

Resolving the Kashmir problem

Resolving the Kashmir problem: Reference to the International Court of Justice

Resolving the Kashmir issue: Regaining moral authority in Kashmir I

Resolving the Kashmir issue: Regaining moral authority in Kashmir II

Resolving the Kashmir issue: Regaining moral authority in Kashmir III

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789351509714

9351509710

OCLC:

936433338