Editing Hunza (princely state) (section)

=== Relationship with Jammu and Kashmir ===
Although never ruled directly by neighbouring [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], Hunza was a vassal of Jammu and Kashmir from the time of [[Maharaja]] [[Ranbir Singh (Maharaja)|Ranbir Singh]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] in 1860.<ref name=":0" /> The Mirs of Hunza sent an annual tribute to China and the Mirs of Nagar to Maharaja Kashmir. [[Durbar (court)|Durbar]] until 1947, and along with the ruler of [[Nagar (princely state)|Nagar]] were considered to be among the most loyal vassals of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. According to [[Emma Nicholson]], "All the evidence points to the fact that Gilgit and Baltistan region were constituent parts of Jammu and Kashmir by 1877". They were under the sovereignty of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir and remained in this princely domain until the date of accession "in its entirety to the new Dominion of India" on 26 October 1947.<ref name="Nicholson">[http://www.iakf.org/main/files/uplink/2007_05_22_Letter_to_Ambassador_Khalid.pdf Emma Nicholson's letter to Ambassador Khalid] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326182756/http://www.iakf.org/main/files/uplink/2007_05_22_Letter_to_Ambassador_Khalid.pdf|date=26 March 2009}}</ref>
Further, this fact is confirmed and reiterated from the correspondence of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir dated 26 October 1947 with [[Lord Mountbatten]], Governor General of India<ref>[http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/documents/harisingh47.html Hari Singh]</ref> which states that the state of Jammu and Kashmir has a common boundary with the "Soviet Republic", and the said statement also determines the fact that ''inter alia'' [[Gilgit]] and Kanjut (which includes the Raskam, Hunza valley and Taghdumbash) are integral parts of Jammu and Kashmir. [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]] had also made a similar statement that "Jammu and Kashmir's Northern frontiers, as you are aware, run in common with those of three countries, Afghanistan, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and China".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/kasnehru.htm |title=Kasnehru |access-date=31 March 2009 |archive-date=6 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706022218/http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/kasnehru.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> These statements of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir as well as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru also have a bearing on the territorial extent of Kanjut as well as the rest of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir at the time of her accession "in its entirety to the new Dominion of India" on 26 October and Section (4)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kashmir-information.com/LegalDocs/140.html |title=Legal Document No 140 – the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, 1956 |access-date=16 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507120652/http://www.kashmir-information.com/LegalDocs/140.html |archive-date=7 May 2013 }}</ref> of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir which pertains to the territorial extent of the Indian state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] also unequivocally states that "The territory of the State shall comprise all the territories which on the fifteenth day of August, 1947, were under the sovereignty or suzerainty of the Ruler of the State".