Jammu & Kashmir:

Unresolved International
Conflict
Geography
History
 India & Pakistan
partitioned in August 1947
 Instrument of Accession
signed on October 26,
1947
 1947 First War of Kashmir
 Article 370, Indian
Constitution (1957)
 1965 Second War of
Kashmir
 Simla Accord, 1971
 Indian uprising, 1989
Statistics on the Region
Total Population of
Azad Jammu and 3,271,000
Kashmir
Total Population of Azad Jammu
3,271,000
and Kashmir
Male Population 1.685 Million
Female Population 1.665 Million
Sex Ratio (Number of males per 100
101
females)
Average Family Size 7.2 Members
Urban-Rural Ratio 12 : 87
Growth Rate 2.41 %
252 Persons per
Population Density
Square Kilometer
Literacy Rate 60 %
Religion almost 100 % Muslims
Human Rights Violations
 Indiscriminate killings
& mass murder
 Torturing and extra-
judicial executions
 Destruction of
business & residential
properties
 Molesting and raping
women
Video Clip
Scenarios to Peace in the Region
 The Status Quo
 Kashmir joins Pakistan
 Kashmir joins India
 Independent Kashmir
 The Chenab formula
Video Clip: Concluding Ideas
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jO_3QVozR
References: MLA Format
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Defenders Publications INC., 1994.
 Lamb, Alastair. The Myth of Indian Claim to Jammu & Kashmir: A
Reappraisal. London: World Kashmir Freedom Movement, n.d.
 Rashid, Aman. Personal interview. 16 Nov. 2008.
 SOS from Indian Occupied Kashmir. Islamabad: All Parties Hurriyet
Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir, 2008.
 United States. Amnesty International. Human Rights violations in India
Excerpts. Raj Bagh, Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference, 2003.
 United States. U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human
Rights & Labor. India: International Religious Freedom Report 2008. 29
Oct. 2008 <http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108500.htm>.
 United States. U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human
Rights & Labor. Pain and Agony in Indian Occupied Kashmir. Raj Bagh,
Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference, 2002.