There is one thing people of Kashmir and Jammu should know - China was about to swallow their territory in 1962 (along with Bhutan, Ladakh, parts of Nepal, parts of then Western Pakistan). China had already taken over Tibet in 1959 and the exiled Dalai Lama was offered refuge in Dharmasala, India.
We already know what happened to "religion" when China invaded Tibet - many monks and nuns were shot; many temples defiled.
Whether you want to believe it or not - had India allowed China to swallow up Kashmir and Jammu - Islam would have been the first thing the Chinese would have tried to kill. At the time, Chairman Mao said "Religion is POISON". But India fought under Nehru's orders to protect all these regions from being eaten up by China in the Sino-Indian War of 1962. The Indian Army fought bravely - read more of this war at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_War
If any of you in Kashmir feel you would have been "better off" under Chinese rule, please read more about how Uighurs (Chinese Muslims) are treated to this very day. A peaceful march in 2009 by Uighurs (who are unfairly treated) was turned into a bloodbath by Chinese police:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124701252209109027.html
Some of those in Kashmir may not care very much for the Indian Army - but I see them as heroes who have protected all those areas mentioned from becoming a part of China. What makes Kashmiris think they would have been treated any differently than China's Muslim Uighurs had Kashmir fallen into Chinese hands?
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