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What will be the right decision? Should he, Shriman Indar Mahindar Rajrajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Shri Hari Singhji, Jammu and Kashmir Naresh Tatha Tibbet adi Deshadhipati, Ruler of Jammu and Kashmir State, think as the ruler of the vast kingdom that he inherited from his uncle in 1925 or should he think, first as the bearer of the legacy of the Dogra dynasty and then as a hindu?

It was no secret that the border feudatory territories of Hunza, Nagar, Chitral and the District of Gilgit where the British influence was deep, wanted him to accede to Pakistan Mirpur, Poonch, Muzaffarabad and some adjoining areas of Punjab were also openly demanding that since the State was predominantly muslim therefore he should accede to Pakistan. They were even assuring him that his and his dynasty's interests would be safeguarded in Pakistan. On the other hand, the hindus and sikhs of Mirpur were feeling edgy and nervous and therefore, for obvious reasons the hindus of Jammu and the majority population of Ladakh wanted him to sign the Instrument of Accession in favour of India.

What was he to do in those circumstances? The valley of Kashmir was predominantly inhabited by Sunni Muslims .... Jammu on the other hand had a majority of Muslims but there was a sizeable population of Hindu Dogras too. From Muzaffarabad to Mirpur one came across Punjabi Muslims while Shias inhabited the regions of Gilgit, Skardu and Kargil. Then how could anyone forget the Buddhists of Ladakh? And, the choice before him was to either accede to India or Pakistan!