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Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir)

October 26, 2020

Accession Day, J&K is a holiday in Jammu and Kashmir, commemorating 26 October 1947, when Maharaja Hari Singh signed off the Instrument of Accession, in which Jammu and Kashmir joined the Dominion of India.

The festivities of the day include holding rallies, bursting of firecrackers, singing India's national anthem and raising the flag of India.
In some areas, the festivities are as big as those of the Hindu festival of Diwali.

The schedule appended to the Instrument of Accession gave Parliament the power to legislate in respect of J&K only on Defence, External Affairs and Communications.

In Kashmir�s Instrument of Accession in Clause 5, the Maharaja explicitly mentioned that the terms of �my Instrument of Accession cannot be varied by any amendment of the Act or of Indian Independence Act unless such amendment is accepted by me by an Instrument supplementary to this Instrument�.