US EditionIndia and Pakistan have been in conflict since 1947 Partition. A look at its troubled legacy
- India and Pakistan, both nuclear-armed nations, have intensified their military clashes in recent months centered around the long-contested territory of Kashmir.
- The confrontation follows long-standing tensions stemming from the 1947 Partition of British India, which created two nations, India and Pakistan, and led both to claim Kashmir.
- The conflict has involved exchanges of artillery shells, gunfire, missiles, drones, and airstrikes following an attack by militants on visitors in the part of Kashmir administered by India earlier last month.
- At least 15 million were displaced during Partition, and tens of thousands have died in Kashmir’s ongoing violence, with India calling the rebellion a proxy war and terrorism.
- This latest escalation raises concerns of a wider war, continuing a decades-long dispute that includes suppressed Kashmiri resistance and unfulfilled promises of a referendum.
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One Photo Captures The Horrifying History Behind The Conflict Between Two Global Superpowers
In 1946, India was approaching the end of its battle for independence against the British Raj, an effort that began with instances of unity between Hindu and Muslim groups. By the mid-1940s, disagreements between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League were beyond cooperation, however, and were only growing in complexity. In the months leading up to the withdrawal of the British, conflicts between Hindu and Muslim groups was especiall…
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India and Pakistan have been in conflict since 1947 Partition. A look at its troubled legacy
India and Pakistan’s latest military conflict has expanded, days after India carried out airstrikes in Pakistan that followed an attack by gunmen on tourists in India-controlled Kashmir last month.
India and Pakistan have been in conflict over Kashmir since the British partition in 1947.
In August 1947, Great Britain divided India, its former colony, into two countries: Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. The fate of Kashmir - then a princely state - remained undecided
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La VozIndia and Pakistan in conflict since Partition 1947: a look at their problematic legacy
The latest military conflict between India and Pakistan has escalated days after India carried out air strikes in Pakistan, following the attack by armed men on tourists in New Delhi-controlled Kashmir last month.
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