India and Pakistan fought the First Kashmir War that lasted through 1948, at the end of which large parts of the three western districts of Mirpur, Poonch and Muzaffarabad, the whole of the Gilgit Agency and the Skardu sub-district of Ladakh came under Pakistani control.
India and Pakistan had a conflict over Kashmir that lasted until 1948. At its conclusion, significant parts of three western districts—Mirpur, Poonch, and Muzaffarabad—and the Gilgit Agency, as well as Skardu sub-district of Ladakh in Ladakh, were under Pakistani control.