"In consistence with their policy that in the case of any State where the issue of accession has been the subject of dispute the question of accession should be decided in accordance with the wishes of the people of the State, it is my Government's wish that as soon as law and order have been restored in kashmir and her soil cleared of the invader, the question of State's accession should be settled by a reference to the people".
Lord Mountbatten, Governor General of India, October 27, 1947
Developed for troops serving on glaciers high in the Himalayas,the non-flushing “bio-digester” toilet made by India’s top defence research body is now being offered to companies and poorer states.