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Coding changes: Start Date changed from November 14, 1988. End Date changed
from November 14, 1988.
740 JAPAN/920 NEW ZEALAND
MID#258
Started in March 1939. See the narrative in the 255 Germany/290 Poland dyad dispute
list.
750 INDIA/770 PAKISTAN
MID#1077
Dispute Number: 1077
Date(s): September 22, 1947 to February 24, 1948
Participants: 750 India/770 Pakistan
Outcome (and Settlement): Victory for side A (Imposed)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: The territory of Junagadh was approximately 80 percent Hindu in 1947
but was situated on the Arabian Sea midway between Karachi and Bombay. The split
proximity to both Pakistan and India made its likely accession difficult. Despite its
predominantly Hindu population, the leaders of the area were Muslim and gravitated
toward Pakistan. India charged that Pakistan was unlawfully trying to annex the terri-
tory and, by September 23, had already dispatched troops to the area to demonstrate
resolve to Pakistan. On October 5, the Indian military blockaded Junagadh, prohibit-
ing its leaders from any access to Pakistan. They started occupying other areas in
the vicinity, including Manavadar on October 23, and Barbariawad and Mangrol on
November 1. It completed its takeover with Junagadh on November 10.
Pakistan protested, but the area ultimately became part of India following a
plebiscite.
Coding changes: End Date changed from November 10, 1947.
MID#1238
Dispute Number: 1238
Date(s): October 22, 1947 to January 1, 1949
Participants: 750 India/770 Pakistan
Outcome (and Settlement): Compromise (Negotiated)
Fatalities: >999 deaths
Narrative: This territorial dispute is the first of several between India and Pakistan
over the contested region of Kashmir. As India split into two at the end of British
occupation the Kashmiri maharaja, a Hindu ruler in a Muslim-dominated territory