Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)

Kashmir and Jammu
Princely State
1846–1952
Coat of arms
History
Historical era	New Imperialism
• Established	1846
• Disestablished	1952
Succeeded by Azad Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir (state)

Kashmir and Jammu was a princely state in the Himalayas next to the territories of British Raj in the north. It was a muslim-majority state but ruled by a Hindu Maharaja.^[1]

The state was created in 1846 after the defeat of the Sikh empire. The East India Company annexed the Kashmir valley and wanted to recover some of the cost of the Anglo-Sikh war. The Muslim majority Kashmir was sold to the Dogra ruler of Jammu under the Treaty of Amritsar. The area of the state were set by the Treaty of Amritsar of 1846 "situated to the eastward of the Indus and westward of the Ravi River it covered an area of 80,900 km2.^[2]

After the British left, the princely state was divided between Pakistan and India as war took place between the neighbours.^[3][4]

1. ↑ Rai, Mridu (2004). Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir. Hurst. ISBN 978-1-85065-701-9.
2. ↑ Kashmīr and Jammu - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 15, p. 72.
3. ↑ Lamb, A. (1991). Kashmir: A Disputed Legacy, 1846-1990. Roxford Books. ISBN 0-907129-06-4.
4. ↑ Rai, Mridu (2000). The question of religion in Kashmir: Sovereignty, Legitimacy and Rights, c. 1846-1947^{[permanent dead link]}. Ph.D. Thesis, Columbia University. Reference cannot be accessed