To mark the 60th Anniversary of the beginning of the Kashmir war the BBC have written a pretty good potted history of the start of the conflict: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7057694.stm They also have a number of reports on the history of the wars and border disputes covering the past 60 years: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2002/kashmir_flashpoint/default.stm