SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -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 princely state was created after the First Anglo-Sikh War, from the territories that had earlier been in the Sikh Empire. After the Partition of India in 1947, roughly a third of the state came under Pakistani control, and the rest remains disputed under Indian control.

Detailed explanation-3: -One-third of Jammu and Kashmir controlled by Pakistan. Indian control over remainder. Conflict began when Pashtun tribesmen and Tanoli from Pakistan invaded the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting the armies of India and Pakistan to get involved shortly afterwards.