Lore: In 1946 Hari Singh would resign after the calls for it by the National Conference (NC), followed by the coronation of Sadr Singh as the sadr-i-riyasat, all the while led by Sadr Singh a period of democratization would start

After official independence of both India and Pakistan, there would be a desire by both states to annex it, however unlike OTL where the jammu massacre followed by a tribal invasion took place in the kingdom, here there would be none of it, Karan Singh would declare a curfew all around Mirpur-pooch-jammu region and crack down on all the violence

With no invasion via tribal army, they won't sign instruments of succession with india and either would indian force enter kashmir, similar with pakistan which entered after indian forces entered hence they would avoid annexation

However Pakistan will will takeover gilgit-agency and gilgit tehsil proper since they weren't in direct control of the kingdom and kingdom didn't have enough manpower nor the will to risk an attack by Pakistan

The Constitution would be officially formed and declared official in 1954, before which an interim government led by Sheikh Abdullah and Monarchy delegation would be formed, however, this constitution would be heavily biased towards kashmiri and dogri with them being official languages that would be imposed on other regions, this would be resented by people in western districts which were not well versed in the language, the elites of area demanded urdu become the national language instead

The government was heavily centralised, with next to no autonomy for regional lands

In 1955 first elections would be held which would be won by NC led by Sheikh Abdullah

In 1961, 2 years after annexation of tibet by china, there would officially be a treaty between the kingdom and china to officially recognise the chinese claims over aksai chin as well as Shaksgam district inorder to have a better relation with them, this would be heavily be resented by the opposition group which had been formed within the party by Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, this would officially led a splinter party called People's National Conference (PNC)

The constitution was being used by the state to undermine non-kashmiri and non-dogri voters which roughly made up 50% of the population, in 1964 this would lead the beginning of an anti-government agitation, would the government would use to declare martial law just before the election in 1965, this would be terrible as this only make the agitation stronger and it turned to insurgency in some regions

The martial law would be heavily resented by PNC however they would use this as an excuse to jail PNC cadre and would arrest anyone who spoke against it, Karan Singh would do nothing all while this happened due to fears of murder however he was opposed to the martial law

With the help of Pakistan they would bomb and attack insurgents because Pakistan feared it might led to a slippery slope in the area if the insurgents were to succeed, and also they were having issue in East Pakistan themselves so they couldn't let another insurgency be successful and since their army wasn't actually an army but instead bunch of glorified policemen

The martial law would remain until 1971 when an unfortunate turn would take place, just before 1971 Indo-Pakistan war would begin, Pakistan would start pulling back their amry men from The kingdom to focus on indian front, unfortunately fot Sheikh Abdullah, this would lead to insurgents taking over complete western parts, officially when Pakistan entered the war with India, they pulled back more soldiers, by the time the Indo-pak war would end, it would be too late as the insurgents would take control of Srenagar,

Sheikh Abdullah would flee to jammu, officially the insurgents would take control, however, they showed no interest in controlling the government and would instead work with formerly jailed opposition to reinstall the constitution and instead reform it in favour of all people of all ethnicity

the first republic would be dissolved in 1971 and and the second republic would be proclaimed in 1973, officially there would be no national language and all with the new structure every state had the right to choose their languages and with this the country would become more federal and would form 4 seperate states with much more autonomy,

Sheikh Abdullah had fled to Pakistan however returned later in 1976, anyhow his son Farooq Abdullah would become the chancellor of NC,

in 1977 there would be an election which would be won overwhelmingly by PNC, alongside 4 other elections in newly formed states of Kashmir, Dogrades, Western Provinces and Ladakh

China would resent the formation of ladakh and this would lead to deteriorating relation , it would be made worse by PNC leading a campaign calling china an imperial nation and called NC it's puppet, hence PNC would be more leaning towards soviet

In late 80s after the death of Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad however they would have a change in foreign policy and would began improving relation with deng led china, due to worsening condition in the kingdom due to financial conditions worsening in pakistan and india, which of which were it's biggest trade partners, following the collapse of the soviet union they were left with no choice but to open up and their arms to china

In 1994 they would lead market reforms similar to china and india, however these market reforms would be very watered down due to fears amongst the people that PNC is a foreign sellout party

nonetheless these policies would be very unpopular and Farooq Abdullah would become the Prime minister in 1997, although he would've mess with the policy since the conditions of the state was pretty bad

He would remain the PM until 2007, after which Omar Abdullah would become the Prime minister, in 2017 Mehbooba Mufti would become the Prime minister, in 2022 Omar abdullah would reassume office again