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It all goes back to the bloody Partition of 1947, when the United Kingdom ceded rule of British India and divided the colony into the independent nations of India and Pakistan—the latter of which was intended as a home for the Muslim population.

Kashmir has been a flashpoint between the countries since they became independent after British India was partitioned in 1947.

Balochistan became a part of Pakistan in 1948, in the upheaval that followed the partition of British India - and in spite of opposition from some influential tribal leaders, who sought an independent state.

Newspapers and magazines described the murder as "perhaps the most sensational crime committed in British India", and it became "the talk of the city" during the investigation and subsequent trial.

But in private, it discussed the issue with much alarm, communication between the governments of Bombay and British India shows.