evidence: On November 1, Pakistan announced its decision to grant Gilgit-Baltistan, an autonomous region it administers in the country’s far north, the status of a full province. The region is also claimed by India as part of Jammu and Kashmir. Since a 1949 ceasefire agreement following the first war between India and Pakistan soon after their independence in 1947, Pakistan has administered the part of Jammu and Kashmir it gained control over following the war as two autonomous provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan being one and "Azad Jammu and Kashmir" being the other. [...] India maintains that Pakistan’s administration of Gilgit-Baltistan, and those parts of Kashmir under its control, is illegal. While the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir (of which Gilgit-Baltistan was a part) chose to remain independent of both India and Pakistan soon after their creation following the end of British rule in August 1947, the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, Hari Singh, of the Dogra dynasty, changed his mind two months later, signing an Instrument of Accession in October 1947 that made his kingdom part of India. [...] The official incorporation of Gilgit-Baltistan into Pakistan as full province will require an amendment to Pakistan’s constitution.