Kashmir

Overview Read pages 600-601 and answer the following questions: Why is Kashmir important? Why was Kashmir’s status at partition in dispute? What does the Indus River have to do with the conflict in Kashmir? What makes the Kashmir conflict so dangerous?

Primary Source A Read Primary Source A on page 602 and answer the following questions: What is the official Pakistani position on Kashmir? What do the Pakistanis say they want India to do?

Primary Source B Read Primary Source B on page 602 and answer the following questions: What is the official Indian position on nuclear weapons? Who is the document referring to when it says “those who refuse to make any such commitment”?

Primary Source C - E Read the Primary Sources on page 603 and answer the following questions: Based on Source C, how has the conflict affected the people of Kashmir? Based on Source D, how has the conflict affected the people of Kashmir? Based on Source E, how has the conflict affected the people of Pakistan and India?