The Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir joins India in 1947.
A legal document, The Instrument of Accession executed by Maharaja Hari Singh, the riler of princely state of Jammu and Kashmir on October 26 in the year 1946. By the execution of this document under the Indian Independence Act 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh agreed to join the Dominion of India.
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