Indian plot against Gilgit-Baltistan.

On November 1, 1947, the governor of Gilgit, Brig Ghansara Singh surrendered to the Gilgit Scouts and signed an instrument of surrender on November 3, 1947. The people of the region proclaimed Gilgit as part of Pakistan and hoisted Pakistan's flag. Skardu was liberated exactly after one year on August 14, 1948, when Lt Col Thapa of 6th Jammu and Kashmir infantry along with 250 soldiers surrendered to liberation forces.

India is obsessed with Gilgit-Baltistan which is evident from the rhetoric made often by its political and military leadership. India has consistently been opposed to changes/developments in Gilgit-Baltistan right from 1947. May it be the renaming in 2009, elections, different orders, recommendations of Sartaj Aziz committee and decision by PTI government to make Gilgit-Baltistan a full-fledged province with representation in both the houses of parliament. Recently, Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh, while speaking at Badgam in IIOJK, said that the development of Jammu and Kashmir will only be complete when Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir reunite with India.

In 1987, India planned an exercise cum operation to attack Skardu and Gilgit with a view to occupy Gilgit-Baltistan. In 2016, Prime Minister Modi made a reference to Gilgit in a speech that the people of the region thanked him for voicing for their rights. The Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly condemned the remarks and passed a unanimous resolution against it. In 2015, the Indian national security advisor Ajit Doval said while addressing a gathering of BSF troops that we also have a 106 kilometers long non-contagious border with Afghanistan, he was referring to the Gilgit-Baltistan border with the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan. The former Indian army chief Bipin Rawat referred to Gilgit-Baltistan a terrorist controlled part of Pakistan and claimed that the armed forces are ready for an operation to retrieve AJK and GB from clutches of Pakistan if the government wants so. One of former Indian army chief and now minister in BJP-RSS led government V.K. Singh said that the Indian army's plan to take over Gilgit-Baltistan is ready and further claimed that Gilgit-Baltistan belongs to India and it will come to us at the right time.

Indian external affairs minister Jaishankar has said that the AJK and GB are part of India and we expect one day that we will have physical jurisdiction over it. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said that the way to conquer Azad Kashmir and...