{"product_id":"a-modern-history-of-jammu-and-kashmir-volume-one-the-troubled-years-of-maharaja-hari-singh-1925-1949-paperback","title":"A Modern History of Jammu and Kashmir, Volume One the Troubled Years of Maharaja Hari Singh (1925-1949) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarbans Singh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe modern history of Jammu and Kashmir is often focused mainly on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKashmir valley, leaving out the other regions that make up the bulk of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eerstwhile Princely State. A similar limitation marks most discussions of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erule of the fourth-generation Dogra ruler of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHari Singh. After his inheritance of the throne in 1925, Hari Singh introduced\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea number of progressive reforms-among them, programmes for girl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeducation, opening temple doors for Dalits and abolishing the exploitative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebegar system of labour. However, contemporary historians look past these\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereforms and focus only on the issue of the accession of the State to India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when the entire subcontinent was reeling from the shock and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eviolence of Partition, the Maharaja had to decide which dominion-India or\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePakistan-the State would join. How was he to choose where to put his trust, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eespecially after Pakistan-backed Pashtun tribals invaded the State and India\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erefused to offer military help? Was any decision possible that would appease\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall-the Muslim majority of Kashmir, the Hindu majority of Jammu and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuddhist majority of Ladakh?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose tumultuous times took a toll on Hari Singh during the final years of his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereign. Accession to India was not as easy as he had hoped, and pressurised by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNehru and Sardar Patel, the Maharaja was forced to choose exile in 1949 and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espent the rest of his days in Bombay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarbans Singh's A Modern History of Jammu and Kashmir, Volume One: The Troubled\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears of Maharaja Hari Singh (1925-1949) offers a more rounded history of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eState than most available scholarship. The first volume in a trilogy, this book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoffers a strong and nuanced defence of the last ruler of Jammu and Kashmir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand is a valuable document in understanding its evolving history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 426\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377388085555,"sku":"9789354474842","price":53.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/kQ5BLyy1pR9789354474842.webp?v=1779321100","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/a-modern-history-of-jammu-and-kashmir-volume-one-the-troubled-years-of-maharaja-hari-singh-1925-1949-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}