Maharaja Hari Singh wanted to remain independent, joining neither Pakistan nor India, but was advised by Mehr Chand Mahajan, who later became his Prime Minister, that a landlocked country such as Kashmir would be soon engulfed by foreign powers such as the USSR or China.
Maharaja Hari Singh wanted to remain independent, joining neither Pakistan nor India. Maharaja Hari Singh was advised by Mehr Chand Mahajan. A landlocked country such as Kashmir would be soon engulfed by foreign powers such as the USSR or China. Mehr Chand Mahajan later became his Prime Minister. His Prime Minister was this.