When colonial India became independent in 1947, two countries were formed: on the one hand Pakistan, with a Muslim majority, and on the other, India, with a Hindu majority. Some regions then have the choice: to join one or other of these new states.
However, for Kashmir – then called the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir – the situation is more complicated. If the population is mainly Muslim, the monarch is Hindu.
Less than a year after the independence of the two countries, a war broke out: the first Indo-Pakistani war for control of Kashmir. This is the first of several conflicts that will leave hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced.
If you want to know more about the subject, we invite you to read the analysis below.
This video, first aired April 2023 on the TikTok account of the Worldis the second in our “Dotted” series.
Its purpose is to explain the conflicts and tensions that hide behind the borders that appear dotted on Google Maps. New episodes will be released regularly on The world as well as on our various social networks (instagram, TikTok, Snapchat).
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