what was actual story of kargil war between india nad pakistan? what was the loss of both sides?
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In the spring of 1999, Pakistani Army and Kashmiri guerillas occupied the vacant Indian Army posts atop the mountains and after it was discovered by Indians it led to a limited war. After months of military fighting and diplomatic intervention, troops on the pakistani side retreated leaving kargil back to India. It was seen as a political failure in pakistan for the capitulation of captured territory back to India, while the Indians claimed it as a military victory.\n\nLosses are always a guesstimate in the subcontinent wars, but as per official records, Indians lost 600 men while Pakistan may have lost close to 1,000. Former PM of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif however claims that 4,000 pakistanis died - a figure backed up by another pakistani party (PPP) headed by an ex-PM Benazir Bhutto.
653625
They were together at one point but because of religious differences (India is Hindu and Pakistan is Muslim mainly) they were split (actually Afghanistan was also part of the country).  It was under British control.  When Britain removed themselves it was put into 3 separate countries.  Yes Kashmir is a disputed area between them and will always be.  I think it is both of their Achilles heel in moving up from 3rd world countries.
765353
You again prove the fact that Tortoise are the dumbest creatures in the world, followed closely by "khans" ....\n\nLook at history, your a** was kicked in the 1947, 1965 and 1971 indo-pak wars, as well as your infiltration in kargil, you still need more ? \n\nBy the way, Indian muslims are loyal to India, not like you pakis who would migrate to every corner of the world and then create havoc there by bombing the host country and creating commotion there as well. God only knows how Britain has kept its patience so long with so many morons like you there..\n\nLast but not the least...if you are from pakistan, let me tell you, that you are even unable to govern yourself as yet...how can you talk about India...your first president was from India, and so is your present president...you are yet to find a suitable statesman from your side of the soil...and you talk about changing India ? Go pray in the mosque, maybe Allah will give you some knowledge and peace..!!
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As known, the Hindies were mainly captured by the British - Portuguese, Spaniards, etc., had some minor regions.\nWhenever the British are forced out of a place, they have always created such a situation that there is a chaos! \nSimilarly, when India was free and independent, the state was cut in three: India, Pakistan (West and East: known as Bangladesh).\nThe reason "discovered" was religious freedom! But still, in India there are millions of Muslims who either chose or did not get the proximity to fleet!\nIt is sad to see the two nation competing in a wild manner!
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Here's the true history of Kashmir.\n\nBefore India and Pakistan gained independence all the lands were small states controlled by various kings. Before independence each king had the right to choose one of three options.\n1)Become part of India\n2)Become part of Pakistan\n3)Remain independent\n\nThe decision was typically made based on location of each state and religious majority. So if a state was predominantly Hindu it became part of India and if the majority was Muslim it became a part of Pakistan.\n\nThe problem with Kashmir was that the majority of the people were Muslim but the leaders were Hindu. In addition, Kashmir lays right in the middle of India and Pakistan. Intially they were considering becoming part of Pakistan but while they were still independent and about to make the final decision, small factions of Muslim miltants (aided by Pakistan) attacked the Kashmiri borders. Not wanting to be forcefully taken, Kashmiri leaders asked for aid from India. Yet India couldn't go into Kashmir because they'd be invading neutral territory. So in order to allow India to assist, Kashmir agreed to become part of India. India went into Kashmir and secured most of the major areas in Kashmir.\n\nAfter the small war, India promised to hold elections in the future to let the people of Kashmir decide if they wanted to be part of India or Pakistan... only after all militants had left Kashmir.\n\nSo today, militants continue to spordically attack villages in Kashmir hoping for the predominantly Muslim state to become part of Pakistan. Pakistan and many Muslims in Kashmir want those free elections to be held. India responds by saying that the militants have never left Kashmir and therefore they won't hold any elections until that happens.\n\nSo which side do you think is right? Seems like they both have valid points... and it seems like there's no good solution in sight.
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Peace on you.... well, I think Pakistan was US very strong ally in cold war against Russia. Pakistan fought war against Russia in Afghanistan for US. In those days Bin Laden was very important ally for US like Saddam Hussein was American ally against Iran for many years. This is politics which turn with the passage of time. Pakistan's border countries are India Iran Afghanistan. May Allah bless us .
38678
I'm afraid that the majority of people do not know anything about this terrible conflict. (sad but true) The average person is interested only in the things that surround and impact their own lives. I really wish people would stretch themselves enough to learn about what is happening in our world - and this ongoing conflict regarding the future of Kashmir is an enormous problem. What began as a political controversy has gradually evolved to be about ethnicity and religious differences. This has resulted in a dangerous, impossible environment of intolernace, intimidation, and violence. What I feel most sad about is the fact that so many children are suffering. They have become orphans and are living destitute lives...and even if they had the blessing of caring adults, most likely those adults need psychiatric help (due to the huge growth in post-traumatic stress in the region) and are destitute themselves. Basically, no person is receiving the help they need. It's a tragic situation.
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First of all, I'm Pakistani, and I find the fact that you said no one cares very offensive. It's because when Pakistan became independent from India, India wanted to fight back so they took over Kashmir, which is a PAKISTANI province, even India agrees to that. So, it's basically conflict over that, and I don't blame India, they want land, every country does.
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Yes, India is more powerful than Pakistan in terms of military might. India has almost double the manpower and combat equipment as a previous poster has pointed out. But as another poster mentions, today, military might cannot be solely measured in terms of numbers. There are more factors that come into play.\nFor eg: Though India has a very large military, they have 3 hostile borders to defend (Pakistan, China and Bangladesh). So its large army's resources are stretched. Even if there's a conflict with Pakistan, India just cannot afford to dedicate its entire army to the conflict, it still has to maintain reasonable force levels at the Chinese and Bangla borders. Pakistan on the other hand, can dedicate almost all resources to the conflict with India. Iran and Afghanistan are not about to invade them from the other side and the Chinese are their best pals. They even share nuclear weapons technology clandestinely. So you see how..... though India's military is larger, Pakistan can match them almost equally if you consider the above.\nNow lets look at another angle.... the economies! Here, India wins hands down. Their economy can sustain a war for much longer than Pakistan. Pakistan just does not have the resources to withstand and sustain a war effort for long. If the Indian Navy were to blockade Karachi harbour, Pakistan would probably run out of oil within a month.\nAnyways, there are just too many such factors. If you look at the overall picture, India will still win any conflict with Pakistan... but eventually... as in, it may not be a cake-walk.
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Try these two:-\n\nhttp://www.bharatadesam.com/history/modern.php\n\nhttp://www.webindia123.com/history/MEDIEVAL/mughal%20period/mughal2.htm
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Kashmir is a funny issue. It was an independent state with a Hindu ruler and a largely Muslim population. During the partition, the ruler decided to stay independent of both, India and Pakistan. When Pakistan illegally tried invading the State, the ruler signed the instrument with assession to India. He was legally empowered to do so and so legally, Kashmir is Indian territory. To be fair, if the subjects were given a choice, they just may have chosen Pakistan... but now that is hypothetical.\nEver since, much blood has been spilt needlessly over Kashmir. Since neither side will back down, the only solution now is to maintain status quo and convert the Line of Control (the de facto current border) as the official International Border.
88613
Here's a link to the CIA World Factbook enty on Pakistan. Have a ball!\n\nDon't expect someone else to do your homework for you.
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1987: India and Pakistan
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India was partitioned in 1947 on religious lines\nso basically, they same people\n\nLanguage - Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi ... in Pakistan\n                   also in use in India\nReligion - Islam\n               India too has a large Muslim population\nCorruption - Pakistan has rampant corruption\n                 so does India\nCricket, Hockey -- most popular sports in both countries\nFootball - both at bottom of FIFA ratings\nOlympics - both abysmally poor\nWealth distribution - equally skewed in both countries\nPoverty - both r equally poor\nPopulation Browth Rate - both breed like rabbits\nNuclear weapons - both are nuclear armed\n.... list is endless \n(but unfortunately - mostly negatives)
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Jammu and Kashmir were originally part of India. So was Pakistan and parts of Afghanistan. The British invaded and changed everything. They divided up the Punjab (at that time it included the current state of Punjab, West Punjab in Pakistan, Haryana, Hichmal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and parts of Afghanistan) and basically made one area that was for Muslims and included the Sindhi area of current Pakistan (Pakistan), and another area that was going to be part of India.\n\nKashmir should be part of India since it was originally part of India to begin with. However, it was originally under the rule of the Pashtuns in Afghanistan until Ranjit Singh and his Sikh/Hindu armies conquered Kashmir and took the land from Nadir Shah (as well as the Kohinoor diamond, which was later stolen by the British and can now be seen in the Crown Jewels at Buckingham Palace).\n\nThe reason Pakistan wants Kashmir is because there are a lot of Muslims there (or at least that's what their reasoning is). I think they want Kashmir because of its pristine beauty and ability to gain several tourists (nobody really travels to Pakistan to sight see). India kind of has the same agenda too. Both governments aren't really the best in the world, but Pakistan is probably worse off than India.\n\nI think that Kashmir should belong to India because we conquered it, we lived there, and Hindus and Sikhs were living there before the British invaded.
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Basically, way back in the day, pakistan and india were the same country.  Due to rising religious hostility in India, and a high muslim population in the area that is now Pakistan, that area of Inida defected as a seperate muslim state.  As a result many if not most of the muslims in India moved to Pakistan, and many if not most of the Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, etc. left Pakistan.
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1st of all the facts need to be put in front of people before answering the question with misguiding facts. In fact it was the Hindu Maharajah of Kashmir who was forcefully compelled to sign on document of merging the then state of Jummu and Kashmir with the union of India. This pact was against the wishes of india who stood against the Raja and started fighting against. If we look back into the history of those days we will come to find that the Britishers were also involved in the game. As per principles of the Indian division muslim majority areas were to form the Pakistan while the areas where other communities are in majority were to be included in remaining india. Based on this principle Gurdaspur and ferozpure and other muslim majority areas should have been included in Pakistan, but Mr. Red-Cliff the so called judge and head of boundary commission in order to provide a way to india to Kashmir throuhg Gurdaspur these muslim majority areas where included in india and biggest migration of the century took place in which almost two million people where mascared in east punjab. The story did not end here, the brutalities continuied in all parts of the so called secular state of the world. \n\nThen the world saw another face of so called greatest democracy of the world. The case was put in front of UN by the india itself, after being force by the libration of the people of the state. Although the Russian were backing the indian cause in UN by going far ahead the world was compelled to regard the rights of Kashmiris and it was unanimously decided the UN security council that the fate of the state will decided upon wishes of the people of the state. There will be an option voting for the people of the state whether they want join india or pakistan. It is worthwhile to mention here that there was no 3rd option in the both the UN resolutions on Kashmir. I respect a lot toi the great Jawar Lal Nehru as leader who guided india in its early days of independence, he also accpeted these UN resolutions publically. But later on he refused to accpet the genuine right of the people.\n\nIt is 1988 and now the people of the state started a military struggle for their freedom which was later dominated by the so called Jihadis. Now there are also vioces in the valley for the 3rd option (Kashmiris should neither join Pak nor India, they should have their own country). Although pakistan does not accept this option, but in my own view this should by an option for the people and if they wanna excercise they should be able to do so. \n\nAt last fighting has never been an option / solution for the problems both india and pakistan fought almost 5 wars on this contentious issue but ... we dont have a solution yet. Dialouge and negtiations are the only ways of solving all the issues but both the parties should have postive frame of mind for the resulotion of all the matters and there should be will for solving the problems of sufferng Kashmiris.