 The high taxes to support these wars were resented by all the Kashmiris including the Hindus, Muslims and the Sikhs.And combined with the tens of thousands of trained men, comming back from the Second World War generated a highly volatile situation in 1947.Lacking the resources to occupy such a large region immediately after annexing portions of Punjab, the British got Gulab Singh pay 75 thousand Nanakshahee Rupees for the war-indemnity.