Nehru delayed Kashmir's accession to India not the Maharaja: Kiren Rijiju tells Jairam Ramesh
2 years, 3 months ago

Nehru delayed Kashmir's accession to India not the Maharaja: Kiren Rijiju tells Jairam Ramesh

India Today  

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, in response to a tweet by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, said that Jawaharlal Nehru delayed Kashmir's accession to India and not Maharaja Hari Singh. Responding to Jairam Ramesh's tweet, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said, "The first time Maharaja Hari Singh approached Nehru for accession to India was July 1947 itself, a full month before Independence. Kashmir was rejected," Rijiju said, adding that the "historic lie" of Maharaja Hari Singh ditherering on question of accession has gone for too long. 1/6⁰https://t.co/US4XUKAF8E — Kiren Rijiju October 12, 2022 "Not only did Nehru reject Maharaja Hari Singh's request for accession in July 1947, but Nehru was dithering in October 1947 as well.

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No, Nehru did not mishandle Kashmir
2 years, 1 month ago

No, Nehru did not mishandle Kashmir

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 01, 2022 10:45 IST Ask a layperson about Jawaharlal Nehru’s role in Kashmir, and he is likely to rant against the country’s first Prime Minister for his alleged pusillanimity, borrowing from the BJP-RSS’ playbook: Why did Nehru internationalise the Kashmir dispute by referring it to the United Nations? This time, ahead of the Gujarat election, Union Minister …

Kiren Rijiju & Jairam Ramesh face-off over Nehru, Kashmir on Children's Day
2 years, 2 months ago

Kiren Rijiju & Jairam Ramesh face-off over Nehru, Kashmir on Children's Day

Hindustan Times  

An all out Kashmir history war has erupted between Union law minister Kiren Rijiju and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on the birth anniversary of India's first prime minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. Union minister Kiren Rijiju has stirred a row by accusing India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of committing “five blunders” that he said hobbled India and created the …

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Writes: Nehru’s 5 Blunders on Kashmir – The Real Story - News18
2 years, 2 months ago

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Writes: Nehru’s 5 Blunders on Kashmir – The Real Story - News18

News 18  

A recent article that I wrote on Jawaharlal Nehru’s ‘Panch Bhool’ or ‘Five Blunders’ on Kashmir has invited varied reactions. Fourth, Nehru’s note to Lord Mountbatten before his visit to Kashmir in June 1947 is unequivocal on what Hari Singh actually wanted. This will satisfy both the popular demand and the Maharaja’s wishes.” So, Nehru was absolutely aware in June …

75th anniversary of five Nehruvian blunders on Kashmir: How India suffered due to Nehru's mistakes, writes Kiren Rijiju
2 years, 2 months ago

75th anniversary of five Nehruvian blunders on Kashmir: How India suffered due to Nehru's mistakes, writes Kiren Rijiju

Firstpost  

There are two ways to look at the significance of 27 October. October 27 is the 75th anniversary of an important day in a series of Jawaharlal Nehru’s greatest blunders, both before and after this date, that haunted India for the next seven decades. Maharaja Hari Singh, like all other princely states wanting to join India, had approached Indian leadership …

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Writes: 75th Anniversary of Five Nehruvian Blunders on Kashmir
2 years, 2 months ago

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Writes: 75th Anniversary of Five Nehruvian Blunders on Kashmir

News 18  

There are two ways to look at the significance of October 27. October 27 is the 75th anniversary of an important day in a series of Jawaharlal Nehru’s greatest blunders, both before and after this date, that haunted India for the next seven decades. Maharaja Hari Singh, like all other princely states wanting to join India, had approached Indian leadership …

'Nehru delayed Kashmir's accession to India': Kiren Rijiju fact-checks Jairam Ramesh
2 years, 3 months ago

'Nehru delayed Kashmir's accession to India': Kiren Rijiju fact-checks Jairam Ramesh

Op India  

The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday fact-checked senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh over his Twitter thread where he alleged that Maharaja Hari Singh dithered on Kashmir’s accession to India and it was Sheikh Abdullah who championed it, “entirely because of his friendship and admiration for Nehru.” In a Twitter thread spanning six tweets, Rijiju debunked the ‘historical lie’ …

1947: Maharaja Hari Singh signs Instrument of Accession
2 years, 5 months ago

1947: Maharaja Hari Singh signs Instrument of Accession

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 10, 2022 06:00 IST On October 26, 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir signed the Instrument of Accession with India, thereby ending the intense angling for that princely state by rival players India and Pakistan. Karan Singh, the Maharaja’s son and then the heir apparent of J&K, framed it thus: “Death and destruction were fast …

On October 22, 1947, Pakistan invaded Kashmir. Here is what happened.
4 years, 2 months ago

On October 22, 1947, Pakistan invaded Kashmir. Here is what happened.

India Today  

The Narendra Modi government has launched what is being seen as the first serious move by India to counter the Kashmir narrative set afloat by Pakistan since 1947. BEFORE PAKISTAN INVADED KASHMIR When India got Independence and was partitioned to create Pakistan in August 1947, Jammu and Kashmir was a princely state ruled by Hari Singh. By mid-October, small bands …

Congress leadership committed several betrayals on J&K issue: RSS leader
5 years, 4 months ago

Congress leadership committed several betrayals on J&K issue: RSS leader

India Today  

Senior RSS leader Arun Kumar on Wednesday said the top Congress leadership committed a series "betrayals" on the Kashmir issue in the early years of independence. When Maharaja Hari Singh said that Pakistan was planning to attack and he was running out of weapons, then home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel called a meeting of the cabinet committee on defence on …

Jammu and Kashmir Instrument of Accession explained: Article 370 linked to agreement signed between Hari Singh and India
5 years, 10 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir Instrument of Accession explained: Article 370 linked to agreement signed between Hari Singh and India

Firstpost  

Under the instrument of accession, Jammu and Kashmir surrendered only three subjects — defense, external affairs and communications — to the Union of India and earned an assurance from India that the people of Jammu and Kashmir through their own constituent Assembly would draft their own constitution The killing of over 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel on 14 February …

How did Jammu and Kashmir become a part of India? 9 facts on Accession Day
6 years, 2 months ago

How did Jammu and Kashmir become a part of India? 9 facts on Accession Day

India Today  

Accession Day is celebrated on October 26 every year to commemorate the day when th last Dogra ruler of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession in 1947. https://t.co/HcCpfGAGBl pic.twitter.com/wIXg3vdrXz BJP Jammu & Kashmir October 24, 2018 It claimed that constitutionally, legally and politically, the accession made by Maharaja under the India Independence Act, 1947, was …

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