What is Kashmir conflict?
[[File:Un-kashmir-jammu.png|thumb|UN map of Kashmir]] The '''Jammu and Kashmir conflict''' ({{lang-hi|कश्मीर विवाद}}, {{lang-ur|مسئلہ کشمیر}}) is a [[Territorial dispute|dispute]] over the territory of [[Kashmir]]. The dispute is between [[India]], [[Pakistan]] and [[People's Republic of China|China]]. India claims all of the region that was once a [[princely state]] which it considers it's territory. It currently controls about 43% of the territory, including most of [[Jammu]], the [[Kashmir Valley]], [[Ladakh]], and the [[Siachen Glacier]]. India's claims are disputed by Pakistan, which controls about 45% of Jammu and Kashmir, including [[Azad Kashmir]] and [[Gilgit-Baltistan]]. Pakistan says there should be a [[referendum]] in Kashmir on whether the people want to join India or Pakistan, or become [[Kashmiri nationalism|independent]]. ==History== The conflict started during the [[Partition of India]] (1947&ndash;48). On October 20, 1947, tribesmen backed by Pakistan invaded Kashmir. The Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir initially fought back but on 27 October appealed for assistance to the Governor-General Louis Mountbatten, who agreed on the condition that the ruler accede to India and that a plebiscite would be held afterwards, which was not. Once the papers of accession to India were signed, Indian soldiers entered Kashmir with orders to stop any further occupation, but they were not allowed to remove anyone from the state. India took the matter to the United Nations. The UN resolution asked Pakistan to vacate the areas it has occupied and asked India to assist the U.N. Plebiscite Commission to organize a plebiscite to determine the will of the people. Pakistan refused to vacate the occupied areas. In 1947-8 India and Pakistan fought their first war over Jammu and Kashmir. Under United Nations' supervision, they agreed to a ceasefire along a line which left one-third of the state - comprising what Pakistan calls Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and the Northern Areas administered by Pakistan and two-thirds, Jammu, Ladak