The book is another addition to the fast-growing literature on J & K State, which is the most sensitive part of India. It has grown out of senior-Fellowship project, allotted to the Author, by ICSSR, affiliated to the Ministry of Human development Resources. Govt. of India. The book deals with subjects like Socio-Economic problems and demands leading to Unrest in Jammu and Kashmir State between 1931 and 1947. The book contains the responses of major communities to the maharaja’s rule besides unrest in Kashmir and Jammu Divisions during the period under study. Apart from the preface, introduction, abbreviations, future dimensions, conclusions, bibliography and appendix, the book consists of seven chapters which describe the detail to Socio-Economic condition of the charming Kashmir valley and the Western [part of Jammu region on the eve of the tribal raids in 1947. it also gives an account of the defence operations against the raiders and the problems of rehabilitation of the refugees, impact of the partition on the political attitudes and life style of the people. The Author has tried his best, to make the book informative and relevant, after verifying virtually all sources available on this side of the border, in the form of official records, reports, memories interaction with old-times and the newspapers. The book provides a food for thoughts to both research scholars of History and a common reader, it is a live commentary on the Socio-Economic roots of Unrest in the State during 1931-47. The book has both depth and analysis and one may go through it both for pleasure and profit.
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