The ultimate pattern of the accession of the Indian princely states was that they acceded to either India or Pakistan in keeping with the religious affinity of the majority of their population. From this, one can determine to which country the people of the State of Jammu & Kashmir a large majority of whom were muslims would have acceded. Contrary to a widely held belief, successfully orchestrated by India, that its military intervention in Kashmir at about 9am, on 27th October 1947 is to give a virtual invasion some semblance of apparent legitimacy.