How many times have we gone to war with Pakistan over Kashmir?
When the Indian army got orders to drive the Pakistani infiltrators out of JK in 1948, the first of a series of wars with Pakistan, over Kashmir, was fought. 1948 saw the Pakistan army “rolled back”. By the time the Western countries (mainly the USA and the UK) pressurised India to “cease hostilities” against Pakistan in J&K. We had the Pakistan army in total disarray and on the run. This situation was not acceptable to the West — especially the USA who were using Pakistan as a base to “look into” the erstwhile USSR. When Pandit Nehru accepted the ceasefire proposal, the ‘Cease Fire Line’ came into being. This meant that whatever area had been captured by the Indian army would be under the Indian Union. The portion from which the Pakistan army had not been driven out was allowed to be held by them — which we call Pakistan occupied Kashmir — PoK. The Pakistanis refer to this area as ‘Azad Kashmir’ — nothing can be further from the truth! If India had not accepted the ceasefire propo
