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Product DescriptionThis book is an exhaustive and careful documentation of the accession of Kashmir in 1947. Based on declassified papers, correspondence, and reports that have become available in the recent years, it provides a virtually day-to-day account of the critical times when the fate of Kashmir was`decided' in the context of Britain's geopolitical compulsions and strategies.About the AuthorPrem Shankar Jha is a columnist with the Hindu and Business Standard.