Soon after freedom in Aug,1947,works started on WAR FOOTING to make pakka road to join Pathankot of Punjab with Jammu, the only access route for entry of Indian army later from Oct. end 1947 to capture Jammu & kashmir. A floating bridge on river Ravi on the way too was made. Telegraphic communication lines too were secretly laid along this route upto Srinagar beyond Jammu, all required for military action. Earlier, all those things were existing on Rawalpindi-Srinagar highway, the only all weather open natural route to Srinagar. For those all funding, engineering expertise & labourers went from India by planning of Sardar Patel, as written in book: 'Patel, A Life' by Rajmohan Gandhi. All works were completed by15 Oct,1947. Earlier, the route was unusable for a bullock cart. Was this done without India's pre planning with king Hari singh of Kashmir for accession ? Clearly without that India'd not have captured militarily J&K on 15-8-1947,even if king wanted so. Why hiding from public ?
2007-09-04
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