Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)

Instrument of Accession of Jammu and Kashmir State
Instrument of Accession of Jammu and Kashmir state to the Union of India
Type	Accession Treaty
Signed	26 October 1947
Location	Srinagar/Delhi
Effective	27 October 1947
Condition	Acceptance by the Governor-General of India
Expiration	Perpetual Validity
Signatories	Maharaja Hari Singh,; Lord Louis Mountbatten
Parties	Jammu and Kashmir; Dominion of India
Depositary	Dominion of India
Language	English
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The Jammu and Kashmir Instrument of Accession is a legal document executed by Maharaja Hari Singh, ruler of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, on 26 October 1947.^[1]^[2]

^ Anand, Adarsh Sein (2007). The Constitution of Jammu & Kashmir: Its Development & Comments (5 ed.). Universal Law Publishing Company Pvt. Limited. p. 67. ISBN 978-81-7534-520-1.
^ Paul Bowers (30 March 2004). Kashmir, Research Paper 04/28, Library Research Paper, House of Commons Library, United Kingdom, p. 46, archived 26 March 2009.