Timeline of the Kashmir conflict

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The following is a timeline of the Kashmir conflict.

1846: Kashmir is sold: The British colonial rulers of British India Empire sold Kashmir, including its population, through a deed of sale called the Treaty of Amritsar, to a Hindu warlord who had no roots in the area. This warlord began calling himself the Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir. His was a particularly brutal regime, memories of which persist to this day. Several mosques were occupied and shut down by his forces. The slaughtering of a cow was declared a crime punishable by death.1925 to 1947: discrimination against the Muslim majority: Maharajah Hari Singh continued this policy of discrimination against the Kashmiri population, 94 percent of which is Muslim.
August 15, 1947: Independence of the British India into India and Pakistan.
October 1947: Pashtuns from Pakistan's Afghania storm Kashmir, Maharaja of Kashmir asks India for help.
1857: The War of independence, The Subcontinent fractured into hundreds of states
1931: Kashmir’s first organized protest: The people of Kashmir hold their first organized protest against Maharajah Hari Singh’s cruelty. The 1931 protest led to the “Quit Kashmir” campaign against the Maharajah in 1946, and eventually to the Azad Kashmir movement which gained momentum a year later.
March 23, 1940: Pakistan Resolution passed: The Pakistan Resolution is passed at Iqbal Park, Lahore. The resolution demands the establishment of an independent state comprising all regions in which Muslims are the majority. The letter “K” in the word “Pakistan” represents Kashmir.
July 26, 1946: Azad Kashmir comes into being: The Muslim Conference adopts the Azad Kashmir Resolution on July 26, 1946 calling for the end of autocratic rule in the region. The resolution also claims for Kashmiris the right to elect their own constituent assembly.
August 1947: Kashmiri resistance encounters Maharajah’s troops: The first armed encounter between the Maharajah’s troops and insurgent forces occurred in August 1947. At this time, Britain was liquidating its empire in the subcontinent.
1947/1948: Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
1965: Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
December 6, 1971: Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Secession of East Bangla
1972: Republic of India and Pakistan agree to respect the cease-fire as Line of Control.
April 13, 1984: The Indian Army takes Siachen Glacier region of Kashmir
1989: Militancy begins in Kashmir
February 5, 1990: Solidarity day is observed throughout Pakistan and Azad Kashmir for the alleged massacres by Indian armed forces
1999: Kargil War
July 14-16, 2001: General Pervez Musharraf and Atal Behari Vajpayee meet for peace talks.
October 2001: Kashmiri assembly in Srinagar attacked (38 people dead).
December 2001: Attack on Indian parliament in New Delhi.
May 2, 2003: India and Pakistan restore diplomatic ties.
July 11, 2003: Delhi-Lahore bus service resumes
September 24, 2004: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Musharraf meet in New York during UN General Assembly.
July, 2006 : Second round of Indo-Pakistani peace talks.
Feb, 2007 : Samjhauta Express firebombed, 67 killed