There is enough evidence to show that there was a collusion between the British and the Indians on the eve of Partition. Or ficial papers of Radcliffe Award, now open to inspection, con- clusively show that it was a political decision to provide India access to Kashmir for playing a role vis-a-vis China and Russia. Alastair Lamb In one of his recent papers says that Indian forces had reached Kastunir not on Oct 27, 1947 but on Oct 26, the day the maharajah wrote his initial letter, It was a day before the alleged instrument of accession was accepted.
