21111947..112 APPENDIX TO ABOVE STATEMENT

21111947..112 APPENDIX TO ABOVE STATEMENT

(a) "...The Princes being the creation of British Imperialism and the British having quitted India, the people in the States were their own masters and the Kashmiris must, therefore, decide, without any coercion or show of it, from within or without, to which dominion they should belong".

(Mahatma Gandhi-1947)

(b) ...I have repeatedly stated that as soon as the raiders have been driven out of Kashmir or have withdrawn and peace and order have been established, the people of Kashmir should decide the question of Accession by plebiscite or referendum under international auspices such as those of the United Nations... By this declaration I stand."

(Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, November 21, 1947)

(c) "... Whether she (Kashmir) should withdraw from her accession to India, and either accede to India or remain independent with a right to claim admission as a member of the United Nations-all this we have recognized to be a matter for unfettered decision by the people of Kashmir after normal life is restored there.

(Sir Gopalaswami Ayyangar, leader of the Indian Delegation before the Security Council, January 15, 1948)

(d) "... We have declared that the fate of Kashmir is ultimately to be decided by the people. The pledge we have given, and the Maharaja has supported it, not only to the people of Kashmir but to the world. We will not and cannot back out of it. We are prepared when peace and law and order have been established to have referendums held under international auspices like the United Nations..."

(Pandit Nehru's broadcast from New Delhi on November 2, 1947)