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[ziaulislam]

 

[ziaulislam]

Didn't Pakistan already give up it's claims on Junagarh and Manavadar?

why would it..? it was annexed by force after pakistan joined UN

 

[VCheng]

why would it..? it was annexed by force after pakistan joined UN

So was the State of Hyderabad. Does Pakistan claim that too?

 

[Species]

So was the State of Hyderabad. Does Pakistan claim that too?

Hyderabad was an independent state.

 

[S.Y.A]

So was the State of Hyderabad. Does Pakistan claim that too?

i dont think hyderabad ever acceded to PAkistan.

 

[VCheng]

i dont think hyderabad ever acceded to PAkistan.

The process was interrupted by the invasion.

Hyderabad was an independent state.

There was no such option valid for the princely states.

 

[Mutakalim]

So was the State of Hyderabad. Does Pakistan claim that too?

Hyderabad never signed instrument of accession in favour of Pakistan.

 

[Species]

There was no such option valid for the princely states.

The British encouraged the princely states to join one of the dominions but it was not binding. Hyderabad and Kashmir chose to join neither India nor Pakistan. The Maharaja of Kashmir later acceded his state to India but Hyderabad remained independent till India annexed it in 1948.

 

[Mutakalim]

There was no such option valid for the princely states.

IMHO, theoretically a princely state could become independent state. However, Mountbatten was never in favour of this.

 

[VCheng]

Hyderabad never signed instrument of accession in favour of Pakistan.

The British encouraged the princely states to join one of the dominions but it was not binding. Hyderabad and Kashmir chose to join neither India nor Pakistan. The Maharaja of Kashmir later acceded his state to India but Hyderabad remained independent till India annexed it in 1948.

IMHO, theoretically a princely state could become independent state. However, Mountbatten was never in favour of this.

We can analyze the history as much as we like, but I do not see any realistic way any of these issues being revisited to the exclusive stance of any single party. The way forward must be a compromise, and that is all I will say here.