The maharaja of Kashmir, Hari Singh, in June 1946. Photograph by AP At the time, the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, which had a majority Muslim population, was governed by maharaja Hari ...

Raushan Earshad, chairperson of the faction of the Jatiya Party (JaPa) said that the council was needed to ensure the surviuval of the party. "If there was no council, the party would have disappeared ...