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October 23: Maharaja seeks military assistance from New Delhi
By: Zahir-ud-Din

After fall of Muzaffarabad, the scared Maharaja sent his deputy Prime Minister, RL Batra to New Delhi with the request for large scale military assistance. Batra was categorically told not to offer accession of the state to Indian union unless insisted by the government of India. It is believed that Batra failed to strike a deal. A dejected Hari Singh sent Prime Minister, Meharchand Mahajan to New Delhi. Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah writes in his Aatish-e-Chinar (p 417) that the government of India sent VP Menon to Jammu with the papers of accession and got them signed by Hari Singh. The decision of sending VP Menon to Jammu was taken while Mahajan was in Delhi begging for military assistance. But, Dr Karan Singh in his autobiography The Heir Apparent (p 58/59) writes that Maharaja left for Jammu in wee hours on October 27.” The question of signing the accession at Jammu on October 26 does not arise. Mahajan called on Jawahar Lal Nehru at his Yark Road residence. According to Aatish-e-Chinar, Sheikh Abdullah was also there and helped Mahajan in striking a deal. Sheikh Abdullah narrates the conversation on the page 417. “Sign the instrument of accession, give us army and confer whatever powers you like on the National Conference but fly your troops to Srinagar today otherwise I will knock at the doors of Muhammad Ali Jinnah”, Mahajan told Nehru.Nehru got angry and told Mahajan to go to Jinnah. Leaving a stunned Mahajan in the room, Nehru walked out. Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah who was present in another room pacified Nehru. “Please do not get angry at this crucial juncture. We have to act now otherwise it will be too late.”Sheikh Abdullah also informed Nehru that National Conference supported Mahajan’s views. After listening to Sheikh Abdullah, Nehru cooled down and came back to give the `good news’ to Mahajan. Acknowledging Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah’s help, Mahajan later wrote, “I am highly thankful to Sheikh Sahib for his help at the crucial juncture. He saved Kashmir from going to Pakistan.”The `accession’ was accepted with the condition that the final decision on Kashmir’s accession shall be taken by the people immediately after Kashmir gets rid of the invaders and as soon as normality is restored in the state.