HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Maharaja Hari Singh’s signing on Instrument of Accession
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declaration of war over India by Pakistan
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ceasefire with Pakistan
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merger of Sind
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Detailed explanation-1: -Parties. By executing an Instrument of Accession under the provisions of the Indian Independence Act 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh agreed to accede his state to the Dominion of India . On 27 October 1947, the then Governor-General of India, Lord Mountbatten accepted the accession.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Instrument of Accession was a legal document first introduced by the Government of India Act 1935 and used in 1947 to enable each of the rulers of the princely states under British paramountcy to join one of the new dominions of India or Pakistan created by the Partition of British India.
Detailed explanation-3: -declaration of war over India by Pakistan.
Detailed explanation-4: -Accession Day is observed on 26 October every year in Jammu and Kashmir. This is a public holiday to commemorate the signing of the Instrument of Accession between Maharaja Hari Singh and Lord Mountbatten which took place under the India Independence Act of 1947.