Conflict Unending : India-Pakistan Relations since 1947

Since their emergence as independent states from the British colonial empire, India and Pakistan have gone to war four times.

This is a detailed explanation of the conflict, attributing it to three distinct components.

The first is the divergent ideological commitments of the nationalist elites in the India and Pakistan anti-colonial movements.

The second component is Pakistan's claim to Kashmir.

The final component lies in the opportunistic events that act as immediate precipitants to war in the region.