The First Kashmir War

Can you answer these questions about the First Kashmir War, also known as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948?

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Hint	Answer
Prior to 1815, Jammu and Kashmir was controlled by which Asian country?	Afghanistan
What South Asian regions with mixed religious populations had already been split in two?	Bengal
	Punjab
Initially, in 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh decided to join neither Pakistan nor India, but to remain __________, concerned for the diverse population of Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs.	Independent
Pakistan employed tribesmen from what ethnic group to invade Jammu and Kashmir, causing Singh to ultimately accede Jammu and Kashmir to India?	Pashtuns
What is the capital city of Jammu and Kashmir, which the militias were meant to capture?	Srinagar
Who was the Prime Minister of India?	Jawaharlal Nehru
Who was the Governor-General of Pakistan?	Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Military personnel from what foreign country fought on both sides of the war?	United Kingdom
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a far-right Hindu nationalist organization still in power today, carried out what atrocity during the war, killing 20,000–100,000 Muslim inhabitants?	The 1947 Jammu Massacres
Originally called Operation Duck, what was India's surprise attack in November 1948, entailing the successful reclamation of the Ladakh region? (Hint: a North American bovine)	Operation Bison
What did the United Nations mediate, officially ending the war on January 1, 1949?	A Ceasefire
By the end of the war, approximately what fraction of Jammu and Kashmir was Pakistan in possession of, with India continuing to control the remaining majority?	⅓
What is the name of the present-day Pakistani territory that administers this land?	Azad Kashmir