that something hindu nationalists have never accepted for them is the land of the hindu goddess saraswati and the conflict over kashmir began in 1947 at the end of british colonial rule india and pakistan both claimed the region as their own triggering their 1st war for control of muslim majority. after the war ended in 1948 kashmir was divided between india and pakistan the line of control has never officially been recognised as the border. pakistan has more or less openly supported muslim separatist in kashmir ever since that's led to 3 more wars numerous outbreaks of violence. and terror attacks like the one on the indian parliament in delhi in 2001. and the attacks of 2008. the stakes are higher than ever now that both india and pakistan a nuclear states. has kashmir lost its autonomy for good. the question. was a gong it seems that way especially because if you look at the world reaction to. hardly any major world capital. has condemned it in. august on essentially was caught by surprise that the prime minister of india can actually go ahead and do this i mean we've known all along t