After Independence... • 18 August 1947: In one of the worst train massacres of the Partition, Lohars and 'Kashmiris' of Nizamabad killed all the Hindu and Sikh passengers of a Wazirabad–Jammu train. • 20 August 1947: Pakistan Army formulated Operation Gulmarg to organise a tribal invasion of Kashmir. • 23 August 1947: Rebels under the command of Sardar Abdul Qayyum fired on the State Forces at Bagh. According to Major General Henry Lawrence Scott, the Chief of Staff of State Forces, they had been incited by 30 Muslims from West Punjab that entered the State a few days earlier. • 25 August 1947: The Maharani's emissary delivered an invitation to Justice Mahajan, with a repeated request on 7 September. The Muslim Conference wrote to Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and claimed that the state's government and the National Conference were intriguing. "If, God forbid, the Pakistan Government or the Muslim League do not act, Kashmir might be lost to t...
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