Indian conditional acceptance of Instrument of Accession (conditioned on popular referendum).

"I should like to make it clear that the question of aiding Kashmir in this emergency is not designed in any way to influence the State to accede to India. Our view which we have repeatedly made public is that the question of accession in any disputed territory or State must be decided in accordance with the wishes of people and we adhere to this view"

"I should like to make it clear that question of aiding Kashmir in this emergency is not designed in any way to influence the State to accede to India. Our view which we have repeatedly made public is that the question of accession in any disputed territory or State must be decided in accordance with wishes of people and we adhere to this view. It is quite clear, however, that no free expression of will of people of Kashmir is possible if external aggression succeeds in imperilling integrity of its territory. "

Copies from the National Archives of India of the Instrument of Accession of Jammu and Kashmir State and the Standstill Agreement between the State of Jammu and Kashmir State and the Dominion of India. These documents are the purported basis of India’s claim to the territory of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir.

Transcriptions from the Punjab Government Record Office Museum of the Treaty of Amritsar and the related final receipt of the purchase of Kashmir (dated March 30, 1850). The documents evidence the British colonial sale of Kashmir (and its people and resources) to the warlord Ghulab Singh for Rupees 75,00,000. These documents are the purported basis of the Dogra’s claim to the territory of Kashmir.