China blames Britain for Bloodshed in Kashmir, Quoting a Xinhua Report.
Amid the ongoing border row with India, China, in a surprise diplomatic move, on Friday blamed the British for the troubles in Kashmir. As the BJP government headed by Narendra Modi is going to complete 7 years on May 30, the Chinese government official spokesman appears to have siezed this opportunity to generate a new debate on the Kashmir problem.
In a series of tweets, the Chinese government spokesperson Zhao Lijia attacked the UK and its British imperialist past, with respect to India and Indian Kashmir. Quoting an artical published in Chinese government’s controlled media- Xinhuanet, written by Xin Ping with caption- ‘Kashmir: A Crack in the Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire’.
The article had quoted David Cameron, the former UK Prime Minister to point out Britain’s admission to the creation of modern geopolitical conflicts. Former British Prime Minister David Cameron on September 5, 2011, had held his own country responsible for many of the world’s historic problems, Including the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan.
Cameron’s remarks came during his visit to Pakistan when he was ask at a University in Islamabad as to how Britain could help to in the rover Kashmir. “I don’t want to try to insert Britain in some leading role where, as with so many of the world’s problem, we are responsible for the issue in the first place,” Cameron, had stated.
What’s interesting to note is that this comes at amidst rising tensions between Beijing and London over the issue of the origin of the covid-19 virus primarily. But also including human rights in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Tibet in the recent past.
It is a historical fact that the Britishers had vested interest in the erstwhile princely state of J&K. To keep a watch on the movement of Russia in Gilgit Baltistan, British officer was postponed in Gilgit in 1868 to act as an intelligence outpost. A British political agency or the Gilgit agency was established in 1877.
In 1913, The Britishers had created the Gilgit Scouts, a paramilitary force, which had 600 officers and men. Maharaja Hari Singh to lease Gilgit out to the British government of the India for a period of 60 year since 1935.
A fortnight before Independence(August 1947), the British terminated the lease of Gilgit with this, the charge of the area shifted to Brigadier Ghansara Singh, a governor appointed by Maharaja. It was Major Brown and his-in-command Captain Matheson, who in October 1947, instigated their men (582 officers and men) of Gilgit Scouts to revolt against the Dogra rule.
The legitimate frontiers of the erstwhile princely State of Jammu and Kashmir, headed by the last ruler Maharaja Hari Singh, comprised a total area of 2,22,236 sq kms. Upon the signing of the Instrument of Accession on October 26, 1947, the legality of which is indisputable, the territory belongs to India. Of the total territory, 78,114 sw kms are under the illegal occupation of Pakistan.
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