But the reality is that there is no such document signed by Maharaja, instead it is fake claim by Indian Politicians. There are many evidences which clearly tells us that Maharaja never signed the Agreement of joining with India.
According to Indian Records.
The Instrument of Accession is a document executed by Maharajah Hari Singh, ruler of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, on 26 October 1947. By executing this document under the provisions of the Indian Independence Act 1947, Maharajah Hari Singh agreed to accede to the Dominion of India.
In a letter sent to Maharajah Hari Singh on 27 October 1947, the then Governor-General of India, Lord Mountbatten accepted the accession with a remark, “it is my Government's wish that as soon as law and order have been restored in Kashmir and her soil cleared of the invader the question of the State's accession should be settled by a reference to the people.”
Lord Mountbatten’s remark and the offer made by the Government of India to conduct a plebiscite or referendum to determine the future status of Kashmir led to a dispute between India and Pakistan regarding the legality of the accession of Kashmir to India.
Here is the Truth :
(i) Sam Manekshaw, the first field marshal in the Indian army, was at the ringside of events when Independent India was being formed. Then a colonel, he was chosen to accompany V P Menon on his historic mission to Kashmir.
Statement by Sam Mankeshaw in an interview with Prem Shankar Jha, Recorded in Delhi on 18 October 1994, Published in the book "Kashmir 1947, Rival Versions of History, by Prem Shankar Jha"
Question: You went in on the afternoon of the 25th. When you got to Srinagar, were you actually present when the Maharaja signed the Instrument of Accession?
Answer by Sam Mankeshaw: I was in the palace when V P Menon, Mahajan, and the Maharaja were discussing the subject. The Maharaja was running from one room to another.....I did not see the Maharaja signing it, nor did I see Mahajan. All I do know is that V P Menon turned around and said, 'Sam we've got the Accession.
(ii) India claims the "Instrument of Accession" was signed on 26th Oct 1947 by the Maharaja and on the morning at 9:00 am Indian troops landed in Kashmir, While as according to the book, "The Rise of Kashmir Conflicts" on page 78, it is written that:
During 26 October 1947 the Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir was travelling by road from Srinagar to Jammu. His Prime Minister, M.C. Mahajan, who was negotiating with the Government of India, and the senior Indian official concerned in State matters, V.P. Menon, were still in New Delhi where they remained overnight, and where their presence was noted by many observers. There was no communication of any sort between New Delhi and the traveling Maharajah. Menon and Mahajan set out by air from New Delhi to Jammu at about 10.00 a.m. on 27 October, and the Maharajah learned from them for the first time the result of his Prime Minister’s negotiations in New Delhi in the early afternoon of that day.
Now here is the clear image, if Maharaja Signed on 27th October in afternoon, then why Indian forces landed in Kashmir on the same day in morning before signing the agreement, and how can India claim that they hold a cabinet meeting whether to accept the "Instrument of Accession" or not and after the meeting they send their forces. It means India forcibly send their forces to Kashmir on the morning of 27th October and later in Afternoon, Indian troops captured Maharaja, Indian authorities including V.P Menon arrived, Maharaja was prisoned by Indian forces but he still refused to sign the agreement that is why there is no evidence of signing the Agreement by Maharaja.
Also Indian records claim that Maharaja signed the Agreement in Jammu, Various news items also reveal that on 25th October Maharaja was at Srinagar, on 26th he travelled to Jammu and on 27th he was in Jammu same. (London Times of 28 October 1947.) but according to Sam Manekshaw
" I can't understand why anyone said that the thing was signed in Jammu, because we never went to Jammu."
(Excerpted from Kashmir 1947, Rival Versions of History, by Prem Shankar Jha, Oxford University Press, 1996)
(iii) Also India, didn't presented this so called "Instrument of Accession" in facsimile to the United Nations in early 1948 as part of the initial Indian reference to the Security Council.
(iv) Lord Mountbatten’s letter to the Maharajah dated 27 October 1947, it would have been conditional. Lord Mountbatten, as Governor-General of India, made it clear that the State of Jammu and Kashmir would only be incorporated permanently within the Indian fold after approval as a result of some form of reference to the people, a procedure which soon (with United Nations participation) became defined as a fair and free plebiscite .
A Hundred times, social actvists demading copy or information of so called "Instrument of Accession" was rejected by Indian Government. Recently on 30th July, An application filed by Irfan Hafiz Lone, the Vice President of Baramulla Bar Association in Kashmir, under Right to Information Act, seeking information about the document, the administration rejected the request by saying it is threat to India's integrity and sovereignty.
The Cutting of a local newspaper is also embedded here.
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| Reference: Newspaper: Greater Kashmir; 30/07/2012 |
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