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 …
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 …