The most salient and overwhelming of these conflicts is, of course, the one between India and Pakistan. Soon after the partition, the two countries got embroiled in a conflict over the fate of Kashmir. The Pakistani government claimed that Kashmir belonged to it. Wars between India and Pakistan in 1947-48 and 1965 failed to settle the matter.

Which war between India and Pakistan resulted in the division of the province of Jammu and Kashmir into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the Indian province of Jammu and Kashmir divided by the Line of Control?

The 1947-48 war

The 1947-48 war resulted in the division of the province of Jammu and Kashmir into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the Indian province of Jammu and Kashmir divided by the Line of Control.