DIXON PLAN OF 1950

With Parliament adopting a Bill to make Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories with carving out Ladakh from the rest, the proposal of dividing the State has fructified.

Owen Dixon, an Australian jurist chosen by the United Nations to mediate between India and Pakistan on the J&K issue, in his report of September 1950, suggested a package, which did not find acceptance from India.

It goes back to the Dixon Plan of 1950, which was not accepted by India

• The idea of dividing Jammu and Kashmir into two or more parts traces its origin to the Dixon Plan of 1950.
• Owen Dixon, an Australian jurist chosen by the United Nations to mediate between India and Pakistan on the J&K issue, in his report of September 1950, suggested a package, which did not find acceptance from India.
• The Plan had assigned Ladakh to India and northern areas and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir to Pakistan, besides splitting Jammu between the two. It had proposed a plebiscite in the Kashmir valley.

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View of B.R. Ambedkar:

• A year later, B.R. Ambedkar, after quitting as Law Minister from the Jawaharlal Nehru Ministry, had suggested the formation of three zones: the area held by Pakistan, the Valley and Jammu-Ladakh.
• He had also favoured a plebiscite only in the Valley.

Source: The Hindu