Vox.com: The latest crisis between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, explained in under 600 words.
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Dangerous times everywhere!
Colonialism, the gift that keeps on giving. When India was partitioned into India and Pakistan, by all rights Kashmir should have gone with Pakistan, being a Muslim majority state. Wanting to gain favor with the new nation of India, the British conspired with the nominal Hindu leader of Kashmir to bring Kashmir into India. Not giving a crap then or now what the people of Kashmir want, and of course not allowing them to even hold a referendum.