1954
Submitted by nazirahmed on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 05:40.
- February 3: Despite Pakistan's protests, the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly (in occupied Kashmir) ratifies State's accession to India, describing it as "irrevocable". Pakistan urges Nehru to repudiate the move, but he while reiterating India's continuing commitment to plebiscite, declines to take action.
- October 1: Pakistan and India issue White Paper on Kashmir containing correspondence between both governments. Nehru's view that US military aid to Pakistan has "changed the entire context of the problem" and the problem now was not one of "demilitarization but militarization" now increasingly begins to color India's attitude towards Kashmir and Pakistan. India also feels that it is now obliged to keep a much larger force in Kashmir, disregarding Pakistan's assurances that US military aid has no bearing on Kashmir dispute. President Eisenhower's reassuring letter to Nehru on military aid to Pakistan fails to placate Indian leader. Nehru proposes No-War Declaration to Pakistan to which Pakistan says it should contain guarantee for the two parties to abide by arbitration, should negotiations and mediation fail. This is rejected by Nehru.
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