Timeline of the Kashmir conflict From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia The following is a timeline of the Kashmir
conflict. 1846-1947: Kashmir before 1947 - 1846: Jammu and
Kashmir(J&K) State is created for the first time with the
signing on March 16 of the Second Treaty of Amritsar between the
British East India company and Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu. It is
an addendum to the Treaty of Lahore signed one week earlier on
March 9, 1846 which gives the terms of surrender of the Sikh
Durbar at Lahore to the British. The Sikhs cannot pay part of
the demand made by the British; Gulab Singh steps in on their
behalf to pay Rs.75,00,000, and in return receives Kashmir
Valley, part of the Sikh territories, to add to Jammu and Ladakh
already under his rule. Gulab Singh accepts overall British
sovereignty. Kashmir Valley is a Muslim majority region speaking
the Kashmiri language and a distinct culture called Kashmiriyat.
- 1931: The movement against the repressive Maharaja Hari Singh
begins. It is brutally suppressed by t