So when the people in the sub continent were demanding freedom from British Empire, same logic could have satisfied them?
Since it had been a century, the British should have said that most of the states and people did not protest and hence British Raj is the will of the people?
Things are not that simple and sometimes it takes decades before differences in opinion arise and political awareness and awakening occurs which determine the course of a people.
Sadly this is not the end of the story for Kashmiris.
The Kashmiri people in Indian part of Kashmir are out in numbers and protesting against Indian state oppression for many reasons.
One does not see the same thing happening in Pakistani part of Kashmir.
That is the fact of the matter.
If the Kashmiris in India are truly content then they cannot have so much to protest about, especially since India is the economic giant and Pakistan is the struggling economy.
So why do the Kashmiris protest?
It has to be some deep resentment and a breach of trust which has taken decades to worsen to the point that Kashmiris are now openly protesting.
To not see this as a Kashmiri protest and call it a Pakistani sponsored one is quite a stretch of imagination, however this has been the grand conclusion drawn by most in India. Many cite the relative political inactivity of Kashmiris after partition as a reason that Kashmiris should just shut up now...it is not a simple thing and shutting the Kashmiris up by force would worsen the situation, however this seems to be the current mindset in Non Kashmiri India.
India has maintained that only the militants are the problem and they are foreign elements and have no local support, instead they are terrorizing the locals.
These are not militants or foreigners who are in the streets, that much is clearly evident.
This proves that ordinary Kashmiri indeed has some serious issues with India and is not happy despite being part of such a booming economy.