IMPORTANT MESSAGE! A MUST READ on Instrument of Accession. Before Commenting on the legality of the instrument of accession of Kashmir to india, it is necessary to know of the day when the Maharaja ran away from Srinagar. Three books written by the most important persons of those times give conflicting versions. Dr. Karan Singhs autobiography says on page 86 that the Maharaja was in Srinagar on October 26. The hostility between my father and the Kashmiri leaders was greatly heightned by the fact that his move to Jammu on the night of October 27, 1947 in the wake of Tribal invasion ( on the insistent advice of V.P. Menon ) was seized upon by the Sheikh to attack and malign him in a bitter and brutal fasion. However, on page 58 he says the exodus took place on October 25. Karan Singh later became the first Sader-e-Riyasat of Jammu and Kashmir. Similarly the man at the helm of affairs then, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah also seems ignorant of the important dates. On page 416/417 of his Aatish-e-Chinar he writes, Maharaja was very much tired on his arrival in Jammu on October 26. He went to bed and directed his staff to awaken him only when V.P. Menon comes from New Delhi. His arrival shall convey that india has accepted my request for accession. If he does not come, shoot me with my pistol. However, on page 409, Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah writes, On October 26, the invaders destroyed the power station at Mahore and the Capital plunged into darkness. People say when rome was burning the king was playing on his flute. Similarly Hari Singh was receiving gifts from his couturiers on the occasion of Dusserh in his palace Darbar Garh, Srinagar. Sheikh Abdullah repeats the Mistake on Page 411. He writes, While the invaders were looting and killing people, the Maharaja led a caravan of more than one Hundred vehicles to Jammu on October 25. He was accompanied by his close relatives and Queen Tara Devi. Hari Singh also took the golden idol of his family temple along. The third book is: Looking Back, written by the then Prime Minister of Jammi and Kashmir, Maher Chand Mahajan. On page 151 he writes: Me. Menon and I suggested to him that he ahould leave for Jammu as soon as possible as the situation may demand his personal negotiations with India. Dor this purpose it would be more convenient if he were in Jammu than in Srinagar. Eventually he was persuaded to leaves Srinagar at about 2am ont he 26th morning. Mahajan gives the vital information on pagea 152, 153 and 154. The cabinet meeting in the evening affirmed the decision of the Defence Council to give military aid to the Maharaja to drive out tribesmen. Around dinner time, the Peime Minister sent a message to me that Mr. V.P. Menon that I should fly to Jammu to inform the Maharaja of this decision and also get his signature on certain supplementary documents about the accession. I frankly informed him that I was not prepared to go to Jammu till I get news from my aerodrome ofdicer at Srinagar that the Indian forces had landed there. Pandit Ji didnt insist and said, You can fly to Jammu next morning. Mahajan says on page 154: In the early hours of the morning of the 27th, I could hear rhe noise of the planes flying over Sardar Baldev Singhs house and carrying military personnel to Srinagar. At about 9 am I got the message from the aerodome officer at Srinagar that troops had landed there and had gone into action. On receipt of this message, I flew to Jammu with Mr. V.P. Menon. On the same page he further says: Mr.V.P. Menon and myself met his Highness. After spme discussion, Formal documents were signed which Menon took back to New Delhi while I stayed at Jammu. So Mr. V.P. Menon was in Delhi on October 26 and flew to Jammu the next morning ( October 27 ). Who signed the instrument of accession at Jammu on October 26? A UNI report dated October 28, 1999 while giving details of a seminar, says that Dr. Karan singh was a witness to the signing of the instrument of accession but Dr. Kumar refused this claim. Share and Spread The Truth!
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