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The '''Jinnah–Mountbatten Talks''' were [[Bilateral contract|bilateral talks]] held in [[Lahore]] between the Governor-Generals [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] and [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Louis Mountbatten]] of Pakistan and India, to address the [[Kashmir conflict|Kashmir dispute]]. The talks were held on 1 November 1947, five days after India dispatched its troops to defend Kashmir against a | The '''Jinnah–Mountbatten Talks''' were [[Bilateral contract|bilateral talks]] held in [[Lahore]] between the Governor-Generals [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] and [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Louis Mountbatten]] of Pakistan and India, to address the [[Kashmir conflict|Kashmir dispute]]. The talks were held on 1 November 1947, five days after India dispatched its troops to defend the princely state of Kashmir(which was a Muslim majority state recently acceded to India) against a [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|tribal invasion]]. In the talks, Mountbatten presented India's offer to hold an impartial [[plebiscite]] under the United Nations auspices to decide the accession of Kashmir. Jinnah effectively rejected the offer.{{sfn|Moore, Making the new Commonwealth|1987|p=57}}{{sfn|Noorani, The Kashmir Dispute|2014|pp=13–14}}{{sfn|Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India|2010|p=111}} | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
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== Talks == | == Talks == | ||
On 1 November 1947, [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Louis Mountbatten]] left for [[Pakistan]] to begin talks between the Governor-Generals of India and Pakistan over the issue of [[Kashmir]].<ref name="Lancer Publishers & Distributors">{{cite book|last=Bhandari|first=M.C.|title=Solving Kashmir|page=149|year=2006|publisher=Lancer Publishers & Distributors|location=New Delhi|isbn=8170621259}}</ref> The talks lasted for three-and-a-half hours, where Mountbatten offered to Jinnah that India would hold a [[Plebiscite in Kashmir|plebiscite]] in the state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], provided that Pakistan withdrew its [[Pakistan Armed Forces|military]] support for the [[ | On 1 November 1947, [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Louis Mountbatten]] left for [[Pakistan]] to begin talks between the Governor-Generals of India and Pakistan over the issue of [[Kashmir]].<ref name="Lancer Publishers & Distributors">{{cite book|last=Bhandari|first=M.C.|title=Solving Kashmir|page=149|year=2006|publisher=Lancer Publishers & Distributors|location=New Delhi|isbn=8170621259}}</ref> The talks lasted for three-and-a-half hours, where Mountbatten offered to Jinnah that India would hold a [[Plebiscite in Kashmir|plebiscite]] in the state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], provided that Pakistan withdrew its [[Pakistan Armed Forces|military]] support for the [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Regiment|Pakistan-occupied Kashmir forces]] and their allies.<ref name="A.P.H. Publ. Co.">{{cite book|last=Chitkara|first=M. G.|title=Kashmir : LoC|year=2003|publisher=A.P.H. Publ. Co.|location=New Delhi|isbn=8176484415}}</ref> Mountbatten also stipulated that the [[Indian Army]] would remain in the [[Kashmir Valley]]. Jinnah opposed the plan and claimed that the Kashmir, with its massive Muslim majority, belonged to Pakistan as an essential element in an incomplete partition process.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} | ||
== Analysis == | == Analysis == | ||