hmir, another difficult situation would present itself. While the majority of the Kashmiri people were Muslim, the Maharajah of Kashmir was Hindu, and thus saw to it that Kashmir aligned itself with India, despite the Muslim majority. This decision has led to more than half a century of hostility between the two nations, and has been the precipitating factor in the initiation of two of the three wars. The first occurred just two months after the new nations achieved independence. Lasting from 1947 until 1949, the war finally ended by a U.N.-brokered peace agreement that divided the disputed territory, with India retaining claim to roughly two-thirds of Kashmir. The Security Council action of 1949 created an uneasy truce that would last until 1965 when hostilities resumed. Once again, this war failed to reso
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