The Acts of the Democracies

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1947

Independence of India and Pakistan

India becomes an independent country with an democratic government. The old UK colony is divided into a Hindu dominated India and a Muslim dominated Pakistan. Over 500,000 people die during the partition.

The Hindu ruler of predominantly Muslim Kashmir decides to join India without the consent of his people. This leads to tensions with Pakistan which will sour relations between the two countries for generations. After a brief war, over 65% of Kashmir ends up under Indian control while the rest becomes part of Pakistan.

The United Nations recommends a plebiscite (referendum) by the Kashmiris to determine their future. This is never implemented.

1960

Kashmir

India makes its part of Kashmir a full state against the wishes of the majority of the Kashmiri people.

1965

India

India attempts to make Hindi (a north Indian language) the national language of all India. Tamils in the south protest and English becomes an official language.

1975

India, Bangladesh

Opposition leaders are arrested in India. A miliary coup occurs in Bangaldesh, a country trading with India.

1992

India

Hindus destroy a mosque in Ayodhya (India) leading to riots in which 1,200 are killed.

1995

India and Kashmir

The Chief Minister of Kashmir (India), Dr. Farooq Abdullah admits in an interview that over 66,158 people have died in Kashmir since 1989 at the hands of Indian security forces. Of these, 59,170 were shot, 585 were burnt alive, 2,235 were tortured to death, 568 were drowned in the River Jhelum and over 3,600 people were killed crossing into Pakistan.

Since 1989, over 70,600 people remain in prison without trial. The number of displaced persons exceeds 100,000.

1996

India and Kashmir

During the year, Indian security forces in Kashmir kill 9,972 people. Victims include political activists and journalists:

Kashmiri human rights activist Jalil Andrabi is abducted and found dead 19 days later in the Jhelum River near Srinagar.
Shabbir Siddiqi, a political activist, is killed with 20 others when Indian security forces open fire in the vicinity of the Hazratbal Shrine.
Sheikh Ghulam Rasul, a human rights activist and journalist, is killed after 22 days captivity; his body is found in the Jhelum River at Pampore.
Ghulam Murtaza Kashmiri, a cameraman working for Kashmir Press International is killed in Kupwara.
Mushtaq Ahmed Line, the editor of the newspaper Wahdat-e-Milli is murdered in Srinagar.

India had taken over 65% of Kashmir against the wishes of the population in 1947. It has consistently denied the people a vote on the future of the state.

2002

India in Kashmir

India threatens Pakistan over Kashmir.

Kashmir had been incorporated into India from 1948 even though the majority of its population is Muslim. The region's ruler was a Hindu and chose to align his kingdom with India against the wishes of the population. A promised plebiscite (referendum) has never been allowed by India.

India justifies its actions by labelling them as a "War Against Terrorism" and stating "If the USA can come here and attack Afghanistan, why cannot we attack terrorism in Pakistan?"

2003

India and Kashmir

The government of India admits that 144 people have died in the custody of the country's security forces in Kashmir since 1989. A provincial minister, Abdul Rahman Veeri, also admitted that 3931 people have gone missing during the same period.

Human Rights Watch publishes a report about the failure of India to convict the ringleaders responsible for the deaths of over 2000 people in the state of Gujerat in 2002.

In the Palakkad region of India, the USA company Coca Cola manufactures 85 lorryloads of drinks per day. Each lorry contains over 13,000 bottles. The water is taken from deep wells which have caused problems for the local inhabitants. Each day the company uses enough water to meet the minimum requirements for 20,000 people. Local farmers who could pump water onto their fields for 12 hours a day now find that the water dries up after 30 minutes.

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