Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1: The Indo-Pak Dispute
1.1 The Genesis of the Kashmir Question
1.2 Bilateral Negotiations on Kashmir: A Record, 1947-2006
1.3 Azadi or Independent Kashmir?
1.4 The Nehru-Liaquat Summits in 1947
1.5 The Dixon Plan
1.6 The 1955 Summit
1.7 Nehru-Ayub Murree Summit 1960
1.8 The Simla Pact, 1972
1.9 Contours of the Militancy 1947-2000
1.10 The Accord on 'Composite Dialogue'
1.11 The Lahore Summit 1999
1.12 The Agra Summit 2001
1.13 The UN Resolutions Today
1.14 The Indus Water Treaty
1.15 The UN Resolutions Today
1.16 The No-War Pact Parleys 1949-1988
2: The US and Kashmir
3: The Endgame
3.1 Interview with President Musharraf on 1 August 2006
3.2 Moves towards a Consensus
3.3 The Penultimate Phase: Talks on Kashmir 2006-09 and Developments inside the State
3.4 Agenda for Kashmir Today
Appendix
Documents
1: Letter by Sir Chimanlal H. Setalvad to the Editor, Times of India, 30 October 1947, on the Provisional Government of Junagadh
2: Declaration on the formation of the Provisional Government of Junagadh, drafted by K.M. Munshi, September 1947
3: Mountbatten's offer to Jinnah in Lahore on 1 November 1947
4: Letter by Sir Chimanlal H. Setalvad to the Editor, Times of India, 3 November 1947, on Kashmir and Junagadh
5: Nehru's note to Sheikh Abdullah to finalize Kashmir's accession, Camp Sonamarg, 25 August 1952
6: Nehru's instruction for Sheikh Abdullah's dismissal and arrest, recorded by M.O. Mathai, Private Secretary to Prime Minister, 31 July 1953
7: M.O. Mathai's note to Indira Gandhi regarding her desire to visit Sheikh Abdullah in prison, 12 September 1953
8: Jayaprakash Narayan's letter to Nehru, 1 May 1956
9: Dr P. Subbarayan's meeting with Sheikh Abdullah in jail, 20 June 1956: record of the conversation
10: Letter from Sheikh Abdullah to Nehru after his release from jail in 1958
11: Jayaprakash Narayan's article in The Hindustan Times, 20 April 1964: 'Our Great Opportunity in Kashmir'
12: Jayaprakash Narayan's article in The Hindustan Times, 15 May 1964: 'The Need to Re-think'
13: Jayaprakash Narayan's letter to A.G. Noorani dated 19 February 1965, and the concerned article by A.G. Noorani
14: K. Radhakrishna's report of his visit to Sheikh Abdullah in internment, 1965
15: Jayaprakash Narayan's letter to Indira Gandhi, Sokhodewra, 23 June 1966
16: Jayaprakash Narayan's associate Narayan Desai's visit to Kashmir
17: Record of Narayan Desai's conversation with Chief Minister Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq at his office in Srinagar, 3 October 1967
18: Sheikh Abdullah's talks with T.N. Kaul in 1967-68: rival versions
19: Jayaprakash Narayan's article on Kashmir, 3 March 1968: 'Kashmir, a Human Problem'
20: Jayaprakash Narayan's inaugural address at the J&K State People's Convention organized by Sheikh Abdullah to discuss the state's future, Srinagar, 10 October 1968
21: Jayaprakash Narayan's letter to the Editor, The Hindustan Times, 1 February 1972
22: Letters by Sheikh Abdullah to Mirza Mohammed Afzal Beg, president of the then Plebiscite Front, and Syed Mir Qasim, then leader of the Congress Legislature Party, inviting them to join the revived National Conference
23: Correspondence between Sheikh Abdullah and leaders of the Janata Party
24: 'Muslims a Minority in J&K Services', Greater Kashmir, 7 May 2007
25: K.C. Pant's efforts as Interlocutor in 2001
26: Brinda Karat's intervention in Parliament, 15 March 2011
27: 'Kashmir: manufacturing ethnic conflict', by Jean Dreze, The Hindu, 29 March 2000
28: Faiz Ahmad Faiz's solution to the Kashmir Dispute
Index

About the Author

A.G. Noorani is an Advocate, Supreme Court of India, and a leading constitutional expert and political commentator. He is a regular columnist for the Frontline magazine published in India. Noorani has authored numerous books, that include: Islam, South Asia, and the Cold War (2012); Article 370: A Constitutional History of Jammu and Kashmir (2011); Jinnah and Tilak: Comrades in the Freedom Struggle (2010); India-China
Boundary Problem 1846-1947: History and Diplomacy (2010); Indian Political Trials 1775-1947 (2006); Constitutional Questions and Citizens' Rights (2006); The Muslims of India: A Documentary Record (2003); Islam and Jihad: Prejudice versus Reality
(2003); and The Babri Masjid Question 1528-2003: 'A Matter of National Honour'. The last is one is published in two volumes.