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Maharaja Hari Singh had first offered J&K’s accession to India in September 1947. Had the accession been accepted, the Indian army could have been deployed in Kashmir well in advance of the invasion by the Pakistani-raiders, preventing both the creation of the PoK, and the terrible tragedy of loot, killings and rapes.


Inexplicably, Nehru refused the accession! He first wanted Sheikh Abdullah to be freed and instal