It is a dispute over the region that escalated into three wars between India and Pakistan and several other armed skirmishes. The conflict started after the partition of India in 1947 as both India and Pakistan claimed the entirety of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict over the Kashmir region, primarily between India and Pakistan, and also between China and India in the northeastern portion of the region. 1999 Pakistan Breguet 1150 Atlantic shootdown.