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At the time of partition of India in 1947 into two separate countries - India and Pakistan, the State of Jammu & Kashmir like other princely states of India, was under the rule of Dogra King Maharaja Hari Singh. The King faced an uprising and attack by his Muslim subjects who connived with Pakistan's Pashtun tribal Kabailis. The Pakistan’s Pashtun militia crossed the border of the state in October 1947. Maharaja, who earlier did not want to merge Kashmir with India, made a plea to India for assistance when he witnessed the threat from the kabailis. The request was accepted by Government of India but the help was offered subject to his signing an Instrument of Accession to India.