WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Question
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Both conflicts concern territorial and religious issues.
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Hostilities within these regions were provoked by the United Nations.
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Both conflicts emerged as a result of the breakup of the Soviet Union.
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Tensions in these regions were caused by efforts to remain nonaligned.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The conflict started after the partition of India in 1947 as both India and Pakistan claimed the entirety of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a dispute over the region that escalated into three wars between India and Pakistan and several other armed skirmishes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Territorial disputes over the Kashmir region sparked two of the three major Indo-Pakistani wars in 1947 and 1965, and a limited war in 1999. Although both countries have maintained a fragile cease-fire since 2003, they regularly exchange fire across the contested border, known as the Line of Control.
Detailed explanation-3: -Reasons for conflicts are border dispute, Kashmir problem, Water dispute and terror controversy.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Pakistani government claimed that Kashmir belonged to it. This led to wars in 1947-48 and 1965. India won a decisive war against Pakistan in 1971 but the Kashmir question remained unsolved. (ii) There is a conflict over strategic issues like the control of the Siachen glacier and over acquisition of arms.