The birth of Mr Singh, son of the Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singh, was celebrated by the people, both Muslims and Hindus. He became the regent in 1949 under difficult circumstances: His father, after disagreeing with Jawaharlal Nehru, had left the State which had by then acceded to India. Mr Singh was later appointed Sadar-i-Riyasat and finally as Governor of Jammu & Kashmir. His father's shadow was not there anymore, but Nehru had replaced him and was sometimes an overbearing presence on the young man. In 1967 he joined Mrs Indira Gandhi and later became the youngest Union Minister ever in her Cabinet. He was re-elected four times as an MP from Udhampur.
When ones asks Mr Singh if he has accepted partition, he replies: "No, but today there is certain logic to the split of Kashmir. Two portions -- Muzaffarabad and Gilgit -- are with Pakistan and three parts -- Jammu, which is Hindu-dominated, Ladhakh, which has a 55 per cent Buddhist population, and the Kashmir Valley, which is Muslim-dominated -- are with India."
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