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To: Ilaine who wrote (66663)1/17/2003 11:47:45 PM
From: kumar  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
being careful in my words here, re your comments on Kashmir : At partition time, the brits gave kingdoms in the Indian region (India+Pakistan+Bangladesh) a choice to belong to either India or Pakistan. The king of the Kashmir region chose to be part of India. Just as the Nizam of Hyderabad chose to be part of India.



To: Ilaine who wrote (66663)1/18/2003 4:35:41 AM
From: frankw1900  Respond to of 281500
 
CB: My understanding is that if there were a completely free and fair referendum there, as to which country the majority of the Kashmiri residents wanted to belong to, Pakistan or India, Pakistan would win. After all, the majority population is Muslim.

It appears the citizens of Indian held Kashmir don't want to join Pakistan and nobody really knows what those on the Pakistani or Chinese parts want. Recent polls are interesting.

mori.com

expressindia.com



To: Ilaine who wrote (66663)1/18/2003 4:52:22 AM
From: arun gera  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
>Oddly enough (being sarcastic here) India doesn't want these issues to be resolved by referendum. Wonder why? >

Heard of something called elections?

Oddly enough, Pakistan had a referendum recently, and Indian Jammu & Kashmir (that is the precise name of the state) had elections. While people had to dragged to the Pakistani referendum, even threats by militants could not keep enough voters away from the polling booths in Jammu & Kashmir.

Arun



To: Ilaine who wrote (66663)1/18/2003 5:24:12 AM
From: frankw1900  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Yes, CB, here it is from the Mori poll discussion;

On the issue of citizenship, overall, 61% said they felt they would be better off politically and economically as an Indian citizen and only 6% as a Pakistani citizen, but 33% said they did not know.

Mori poll was held last Spring, the Nielson poll this Fall with similar results.


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