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Events on Wednesday 22 October 1947 1
1947First Indo-Pakistani War beginsFighting erupts over the princely state of KashmirTribal forces from Pakistan invaded Jammu and Kashmir on 22 October 1947. Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession to India on 26 October, and Indian troops were airlifted to Srinagar the next day. The war lasted until a UN-brokered ceasefire at the start of 1949.