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Turning point · Indian Independence & Partition, 1905–1948
Srinagar — the accession
26–27 Oct 1947 — With raiders forty miles away, Maharaja Hari Singh signs Kashmir over to India; Indian troops land at dawn on the airfield. Whether the signature or the landing came first is still argued; the dispute it opened has never closed.
This is one scene of Chapter 12 — The Price and the Legacy in Indian Independence & Partition, 1905–1948.
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