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Two divisions, at Baramula and Kupwara (thanks, @hellfire ), 23,000 per division, 46,000 soldiers in XV Corps in the Vale. Another 46,000 in two more divisions of XIV Corps further north, one facing Baltistan across the Kargil heights, another facing the PLA in Ladakh, from Daulat Beg Oldi to Panggong Tso and further south. Another 69,000 in three divisions of XVI Corps in Jammu, Rajouri and echeloned behind them in the Himachal mountains. A total of 50,000 policemen from the central reserve.
Do your own arithmetic. If you want, I can take you through the orbat division by division, corps by corps.
He didn't ask you here for the tourism value. He was making a point.
Balls.
Ask Raza Rumi, who visits Delhi frequently. Ask the most outstanding young Pakistani I know, Yassir Latif Hamdani. Ask members of this forum, including our most loved lady @Spring Onion. Ask Air Cdre. Kaisar Tufail, who visited with his wife, I am told.
And if you don't badger people, nobody will badger you.
No.
Shows how little you know.
Hari Singh was inclined towards Pakistan; it was Abdullah who leaned towards India. Hari Singh was in touch with the Muslim League through Ram Chandra Kak; read Kak's memoirs, of his term as Prime Minister for Hari Singh, immediately before October 47. He had a standstill agreement with Pakistan, he had none with India. He had understood the temper in west Jammu during his personal tours there, before the refugees flooded in from other parts of what was then shortly to become Pakistan and ugly massacres broke out on both sides, in eastern Jammu targeting Muslims, in western Jammu targeting Hindus and Sikhs. Mountbatten flew down to Srinagar in July, and tried to get him to take a decision, but he wouldn't; he was holding out, by then, for possible independence.
The consensus of Kashmiri opinion is that without the raiders having pushed him into a corner, he was most likely to have joined Pakistan. The Congress had given up on him, Abdullah was in detention, and there was no stopping him. Particularly with Jinnah's offer of a blank cheque.
I suggest that you read up on your background before letting your prejudice speak for you.
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thus leaning towards Pakistan. Hope that gives you the idea.
Did India invaded after Kalat and Baluchistan was taken over? I don't India would had any issues logically if government as well as local population both were supportive of Pakistan.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir#cite_note-4
The above link shows almost 700,000 Indian troops are in Kashmir.
As for visiting India, I won't go there. I already told you, it isn't different enough from Pakistan to warrant a visit, and there is always the possibility I will face discrimination. I'm sorry but I won't take any chances, no matter what you tell me.
The phrase one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter is a perfect phrase in describing wars today, and throughout history. For example, in Vietnam, those guerrillas were terrorists to NATO, but freedom fighters to Vietnam. Same principal applies to Kashmiri militants, I'm sure you can see this.
As for saying we should have been patient, sorry but sometimes you can't take any chances, got to think quick on your feet. Who's to say he wouldn't of joined India anyway? Who's to say India wouldn't have invaded after he went to Pakistan and snatched all of it away from us? We had to make a decision, and it was a perfectly reasonable one. Without it, we could have lost the entire region. Sometimes, you can't take chances.
Look, you see how reasonable I can be when people aren't rude towards me? I hope we can continue to have nice discussions without calling each other names. I will admit I overreacted to your statements about me, I was just having some pretty rough days back then.
And then India might have invaded, and massacres would just get worse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir#cite_note-4
The above link shows almost 700,000 Indian troops are in Kashmir.
As for visiting India, I won't go there. I already told you, it isn't different enough from Pakistan to warrant a visit, and there is always the possibility I will face discrimination. I'm sorry but I won't take any chances, no matter what you tell me.
The phrase one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter is a perfect phrase in describing wars today, and throughout history. For example, in Vietnam, those guerrillas were terrorists to NATO, but freedom fighters to Vietnam. Same principal applies to Kashmiri militants, I'm sure you can see this.
As for saying we should have been patient, sorry but sometimes you can't take any chances, got to think quick on your feet. Who's to say he wouldn't of joined India anyway? Who's to say India wouldn't have invaded after he went to Pakistan and snatched all of it away from us? We had to make a decision, and it was a perfectly reasonable one. Without it, we could have lost the entire region. Sometimes, you can't take chances.
And then India might have invaded, and massacres would just get worse.
As for visiting India, I won't go there. I already told you, it isn't different enough from Pakistan to warrant a visit, and there is always the possibility I will face discrimination. I'm sorry but I won't take any chances, no matter what you tell me.
The phrase one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter is a perfect phrase in describing wars today, and throughout history. For example, in Vietnam, those guerrillas were terrorists to NATO, but freedom fighters to Vietnam. Same principal applies to Kashmiri militants, I'm sure you can see this.
As for saying we should have been patient, sorry but sometimes you can't take any chances, got to think quick on your feet. Who's to say he wouldn't of joined India anyway? Who's to say India wouldn't have invaded after he went to Pakistan and snatched all of it away from us? We had to make a decision, and it was a perfectly reasonable one. Without it, we could have lost the entire region. Sometimes, you can't take chances.
Look, you see how reasonable I can be when people aren't rude towards me? I hope we can continue to have nice discussions without calling each other names. I will admit I overreacted to your statements about me, I was just having some pretty rough days back then.
RIP Freedom Fighter.
Yes, now they will fight in hell for their freedom.
With your soldiers
Yes, why not.... Indian solders just dropped them in hell and said, now fight for your freedom fight here. Also, wait for your friends because soon they will come ...
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I am equally rude to Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Chinese. Rid yourself of the notion that I had a special knife to stick into you. It is just that I do not suffer fools gladly, and that will remain an unfortunate incidental hazard. Here you made so many mistakes that I really had no time nor energy to be rude or critical, since all my energy went into the answers. As it happens, I am in bed and have been for two days with a high fever, so my physical resources are limited.
Did India invaded after Kalat and Baluchistan was taken over? I don't India would had any issues logically if government as well as local population both were supportive of Pakistan.
I'm not saying you have a special knife to stick with me, I am aware you are quite rude to other members as well, and your reason for being so is quite silly. You disagree with them so you just insult them? That just shows immaturity on your part, even if the people you are talking to act foolish. Honestly your not going to make anyone believe you or listen to with that mentality, your just going to have everyone ignore you.
As for my mistakes, I haven't made any. You cannot shift my stance and the fact is there is a few hundred thousand Indian soldiers in Kashmir bare minimum, every single source you can find will tell you the same. If you can find me a better one saying India has a much smaller number like you claim, go ahead and be my guest.
India would have if they could, but Baluchistan isn't on the border so that task would have proved to be difficult if not impossible.
If you don't think India would have any issues logically if the government and local population were supportive, I'm sorry but your wrong. If Baluchistan was on the border, and there was an opportunity to take it, it would be done. For example, you can clearly see Indian aggression in 1971, just 6 years after the previous war.
The same Wikipedia article you quoted, note 3.