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Do you really know the history of Kashmir? If so, when exactly does your version of Kashmir's history begin?I am well aware of physical and human geography of Jammu and Kashmir state, and the history of the dispute
Correction:. Sooner or later, the one hundred thousand Kashmiri Pandits (too) had to leave the predominantly Muslim Kashmir valley
Kashmiri Pandits were FORCED to leave.
Millions (Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs) were forced to migrate. So were the Kashmiri Pandits. What's the big deal ?
Do not compare killing,raping and exodus of Kashmiri Pandits with something that happened almost 65 years back. In the recent history, we (in India) have not seen anything like what happened in 1989.
The fact that it's not a "big deal" for you is a proof that you never cared for all the kashmiris. Infact, support for Kashmiri Muslims is also superficial.
Pakistan must accept that Kashmir happens to be the origin of all the rivers which flow into Pakistan and at the heart of Kashmir issue is a water-war.
Do you know that if Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan in Kashmir, were to move from being a defacto to a recognised IB,then India would permanently become the upper riparian and Pakistan the lower riparian of the Indus River and all of its tributaries???
Interestingly, Indus is the only river system supporting Pakistan, unlike India which depends on 2 river systems.
Pakistan is in dire need of the water for 92 per cent of its land is either arid or semi-arid. With an increasing population and drying water resources, Pakistan understands that it needs to have a control over this water system.
In short,Kashmir dispute and disputes over the sharing of water resources are intertwined.
Since you claim your history is good enough, the sequence of events that I'm about to list should help you understand the correlation between the two.
1. Standstill Agreement between India and Pakistan expired on March 31, 1948. On the following day Indian Punjab cut off water flow to Pakistan.
2. April 21, 1948, a resolution calling for a ceasefire and withdrawal of all troops was passed.
It had dawned on Pak authorities that despite being a separate entity it was still dependent on India. When in the early days of independence, India had shut the Central Bari Doab Canals, it caused a significant damage to Pakistan's crops.
Pakistan realised too soon that its prosperity was dependent on the rivers and indirectly in the origin of the rivers.Also, the fact that India has the strategically advantageous position with regards to control and flow of water.
The Indus water treaty brought relief for few years but with increasing population on both sides, water resources came under increasing stress.
By the dawn of 1990s or say late 1980s, Pakistan realised how India's ambitious irrigation project plans had increased Kashmir's hydrological importance.
The exodus of KPs happened around this time. Coincidence!!!
Let show you more proof as to how organisations within Pakistan which have been linked with terrorist activities in India, such as JuD are also supporting the cause
JuD chief Hafiz Saeed warns of jihad to ‘free’ Pak rivers from India
So this is how terrorism, Kashmir and water are related.
Btw giving different definitions of terrorism isn't gonna help your cause, even ISIS believes that it's not a terrorist organisation.
India, as I said earlier, doesn't have the history of being associated with TERRORISM and while it gets appreciation from all quarters for its efforts to get a few nations listed as terrorist states. The day we are successful Kashmir will be a non-issue.
Merely for Pakistan.Kashmir is the unfinished agenda of Partition.
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