A Study of the Role of India and Pakistan on Kashmir Crisis

Abstract

The Kashmir crisis occupies a special place among the political crises in the postcolonial South Asian region. After seventy-two years of partition of British India, Kashmir still remains an unresolved issue. It has not only been a cause of wars and crisis in India -Pakistan bilateral relations, but also regional peace and stability hinges upon its resolution. Ever since the emergence of India and Pakistan independent states the relationship between two countries has been conflictual. The best evidence for this is the Kashmir crisis which arose between the two countries. The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict primarily between India and Pakistan regarding the ownership of the Kashmir region. Accordingly, “Kashmir” became the decisive factor within the Indo-Pakistani diplomatic relations. The main problem of this study is to understand the role of India and Pakistan on Kashmir Crisis. This study expects to understand the root causes of the Kashmir crisis, the main actions and policies of India and Pakistan on crisis. And seeks to study the contribution and successes of international community in their efforts to resolve the Kashmir crisis. The above mentioned objectives will be achieved in the light of data taken by secondary data sources which was collected from academic journals, reports, publications and articles. Besides these, relevant literature has been obtained through various websites to collect secondary data. The analysis of this study is based on qualitative analysis. And also the descriptive analysis has been used by the researcher. Finally, it analyses the main reasons for inability to resolve the Kashmir issue. Accordingly, the nature of the Indian political system, the extremely emotional narratives surrounding the Indian military, the presence of an overly nationalistic populace of India that sometimes takes its views on Kashmir out of the confines of realities. And also, India and Pakistan have been effectively disempowered by the people of Jammu and Kashmir in all attempts to resolve the Kashmir conflict. These are the main reasons for Kashmir issue is not being resolved.