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Since their emergence as independent states from the British colonial empire, India and Pakistan have gone to war four times. This is a detailed explanation of the conflict, attributing it to three distinct components. The first is the divergent ideological commitments of the nationalist elites in the India and Pakistan anti-colonial movements. The second component is Pakistan's claim to Kashmir. The final component lies in the opportunistic events that act as immediate precipitants to war in the region.