Social media users in Bangladesh are making many misleading claims about Kashmir. From time to time they are sharing pictures of Palestine as Kashmir, sometimes they are making misleading claims about the history of Kashmir.
On Twitter, a user named Tabassum Akhtar has made a claim about Kashmir.
He tweeted in Bengali: ” কাশ্মির সমস্যার মূলহোতা ব্রিটিশ ও ভারতীয় হিন্দু রাজা “হরি সিং”,যে কি না কাশ্মিরের রাজা ছিল কিন্তু প্রজারা ছিল সবাই মুসলমান।ব্রিটিশরা ভারত পাকিস্তান ভাগ করলে আইন পাশ করা হয় যে, কাশ্মিরিদের গনভোটে মাধ্যেমে তারা সরকার নির্বাচন করবে। #IslamIsReligionOfPeace.”
Which has English translation with the help of Google Translation- “The originator of the Kashmir problem is the British and Indian Hindu Maharaja “Hari Singh”, who was not the king of Kashmir, but the subjects were all Muslims. When the British divided India into Pakistan, a law was passed that Kashmiris would elect the government through a plebiscite. #IslamIsReligionOfPeace.”
Source: Twitter
Fact Check:
Tabassum Akhtar claimed that a law was passed during the India-Pakistan partition that Kashmiris would elect the government through a plebiscite. To analyze this claim, the team of DFRAC searched some keywords on Google. We found a report published by ‘Aaj Tak‘.
Source: Aajtak
According to this report, Raja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir wanted to establish Kashmir as a separate country by not merging it with India or Pakistan. But after the invasion of the tribal warriors on October 24, 1947, Raja Hari Singh sought help from India. But by then Kashmir had not been merged with India, so Lord Mountbatten made it clear that Kashmir could not be helped by the Indian Army.
After this, Raja Hari Singh signed the instrument of the accession of Kashmir with India on October 26, 1947. After this, the Indian Army started to chase away the tribal warriors. The demand for a plebiscite in Kashmir was first made in the United Nations on April 21, 1948.
Conclusion:
It is clear from the verification of DFRAC that the law of plebiscite was not passed in Kashmir at the time of partition. Therefore, Tabassum Akhtar’s claim is wrong.
