The conflict between India and Pakistan began around the Kashmir region after their independence from Britain, as India took control of two thirds of the region and Pakistan on the remaining third.
The two countries fought three main wars due to the conflict on Kashmir, and the first war erupted in 1947, shortly after the independence of the two countries, and continued until January 1949 when it ended with the United Nations intervention to mediate the ceasefire.
Under the ceasefire agreement, India took control of the areas of Jamo, Ladakh and Wadi Kashmir, and called it “Jamo and Kashmir”. While Pakistan took control of the areas of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit, Ballowstan, and it was called “Azadi Kashmir”, meaning “Kashmir Al -Hurra”.
In 1965, the second war broke out between the two countries in Kashmir and lasted for three weeks. Then came the third war in 1971 in conjunction with the secession of East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh) from West Pakistan.
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