3 Review(s)

Who was behind Operation Gulmarg and Operation Datta Khel that enabledPakistan to capture the western and north-western non-Kashmiri speakingterritory of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947?Why was the Indian Army restrained from removing the invaders from the entireoccupied territory of the former state in 1948?When and why did China first invade Aksai Chin?Did the insurgency in the state actually start in 1965 and who was the brainbehind it?Why is China so interested in the state and why did the constitutional changesof 5 August 2019 in India cause grave concern in China and Pakistan?Why does the future survival and growth of the Chinese microchip industrydepend upon the continuance of China's control of the waters and dams inthe Indus river system?Kashmir's Untold Story: Declassified provides answers to these gripping questionsand joins the dots in presenting the matrix of a consistent and compelling argumentregarding the future of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Today, the state's waterresources are coveted by the beleaguered Chinese microchip industry and it appearsthat this is going to determine the continuing militancy in the state. Malhotra andRaza argue that China and its client Pakistan will actively back the militancy, comewhat may.Delving deeper, the book also reveals amazing insights into the Government ofIndia's policy towards the state, right from 1889, when it first imposed central ruleand dispossessed the rule of the then Maharaja, _ll date. Owing to its strategiclocation, the intrigues within the state and the machinations of its neighbours haveresulted in the government directly administering its affairs, one way or the other,for the last 130 years.It is a riveting account of the history of Jammu and Kashmir, from the time of itspolitical and geographic consolidation under Maharaja Gulab Singh to present-dayIndia.