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Partition of India: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India, beginning the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 and the Kashmir conflict.
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1947 division of British India
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Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)
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1947 treaty incorporating the state of Jammu and Kashmir into the Dominion of India
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1947–1948 war between India and Pakistan
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Kashmir conflict
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