The division of Kashmir
How Kashmir was separated, the warnings about 9/11, Carlos the Jackal and Dr Seuss.
The History Hour · BBC World Service
August 17, 201950m 16s
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Show Notes
The origins of the crisis in Kashmir, the warnings ignored about 9/11 and the arrest of the notorious terror suspect Carlos the Jackal. Plus the invention in a British back garden of the daily disposable contact lens and how Dr Seuss taught America to read.
Photo: Indian troops arriving in Kashmir in October 1947 (Getty Images)