Kashmir question as a matter on India-Pakistan relations

India and Pakistan were set up on religion basis when United Kingdom had to leave Indian Subcontinent in 1947. Pakistan, which were divided as East and West Pakistan on both sides of India, lost East Pakistan after 1971 civil war and East Pakistan became an independent state as Bangladesh. Unresolved problems of British Raj caused serious conflicts between India and Pakistan and these states had to fight several times due to differing national ideals on Kashmir cause and finally Kashmir question became a contracted conflict generating source. The main reason of Kashmir question is the division at the anticolonial nationalism rising against UK dominance. Kashmir is the area, where the opposite nationalisms gave rise opposite ideals on land basisat the nation building phase, after UK Raj manipulated the weakneess of Indian nationalism facing integration problem and caused division at Indian nationalism which resulted by establishing two different states. These opposite nationalisms got clear by the contribution of domestic and foreign policy problems and became the source of contracted conflict mechanism. Kashmir question, in this context, is a special version of 20th century late nationalisms causing divisions after indepence on gigantic Indian Subcontinent which was seperated culturally by the heritage of two ancient cultures. Kashmir question is also affected and widened by nation building problems of both sides and geopolitical pressure of global dominance struggle and became flash point after both states showed they were nuclear powers. Keywords: Division, opposite natioalisms, UK Raj manipulation, nation building, geopolitics, nuclear.