Wars Refugees awaiting evacuation by IAF Dakota on Poonch Airstrip, December 1947. Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Main article: Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Indian soldiers during the 1947-1948 war. The war, also called the First Kashmir War, started in October 1947 when Pakistan feared that the Maharaja of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu would accede to India. Following partition, princely states were left to choose whether to join India or Pakistan...
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