Jammu and Kashmir was, from 1846 until 1952, a princely state in the British Empire in India, and was ruled by Jamwal RajputDogra Dynasty.[1] The state was created in 1846 after the First Anglo-Sikh War. The East India Company annexed the Kashmir Valley, and then transferred it to Gulab Singh in return for an indemnity payment of 7,500,000 rupees.[2]
At the time of the Indian independence, Maharaja Hari Singh, the ruler of the state, preferred to become independent and remain neutral between the successor dominions of India or the Pakistan.[3] However an uprising in the western districts of the State followed by an attack by raiders from the neighbouring Northwest Frontier Province, allegedly supported by Pakistan, put an end to his plans for independence. On 26 October 1947, the Maharaja signed the Instrument of Accession joining the Dominion of India in return for military aid.[4] The western and northern districts presently known as Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan passed to the control of Pakistan.[5]
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