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Why was Kashmir issue a problem for Pakistan in 1947.
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Firstly, most of 4million Kashmir inhabitants were Muslim. If they were given the option of plebiscite, Kashmir would join Pakistan but it's ruler Hari Singh was a Hindu and wanted it to be an independent state due to which for 3 months after partition it remained independent. This was injustice for Kashmiri Muslims so it was a problem for Pakistan.
Secondly, river Chenab flowed from Kashmir. Pakistan is an agriculture country and West Pakistan's agriculture relied on irrigation through canals which relied on River Chenab also. If India acceeded Kashmir they would be deprived of this river which would damage it's millions of hectares of land, decreasing it's agricultural output and thus damaging its economy severely. So it was a problem for Pakistan.
Thirdly, due to influx of refugees from Kashmir to Pakistan. Around 2million Muslims fled from Kashmir to Pakistan due to driving out campaign of their Hindu ruler, Hari Singh. Pakistan was already managing 15million refugees due to partition with difficulty due to their poor economic conditions as Quaidezam had 7million bills but he had only 5million. So an added amount of refugees increased their difficulty so it was a problem for Pakistan.
 
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