Abstract:
The Kashmir crisis occupies a special place among the political crises in the postcolonial
South Asian region. After seventy-two years of partition of British India,
Kashmir still remains an unresolved issue. It has not only been a cause of wars and
crisis in India -Pakistan bilateral relations, but also regional peace and stability hinges
upon its resolution. Ever since the emergence of India and Pakistan independent states
the relationship between two countries has been conflictual. The best evidence for
this is the Kashmir crisis which arose between the two countries. The Kashmir
conflict is a territorial conflict primarily between India and Pakistan regarding the
ownership of the Kashmir region. Accordingly, “Kashmir” became the decisive factor
within the Indo-Pakistani diplomatic relations. The main problem of this study is to
understand the role of India and Pakistan on Kashmir Crisis. This study expects to
understand the root causes of the Kashmir crisis, the main actions and policies of
India and Pakistan on crisis. And seeks to study the contribution and successes of
international community in their efforts to resolve the Kashmir crisis. The above
mentioned objectives will be achieved in the light of data taken by secondary data
sources which was collected from academic journals, reports, publications and
articles. Besides these, relevant literature has been obtained through various websites
to collect secondary data. The analysis of this study is based on qualitative analysis.
And also the descriptive analysis has been used by the researcher. Finally, it analyses
the main reasons for inability to resolve the Kashmir issue. Accordingly, the nature
of the Indian political system, the extremely emotional narratives surrounding the
Indian military, the presence of an overly nationalistic populace of India that
sometimes takes its views on Kashmir out of the confines of realities. And also, India
and Pakistan have been effectively disempowered by the people of Jammu and
Kashmir in all attempts to resolve the Kashmir conflict. These are the main reasons
for Kashmir issue is not being resolved.
