Talk:Republic of Gilgit Baltistan

Is there a nonpartisan source supporting the thesis that there ever was a "Republic of Gilgit Baltistan" ?
There is already a paragraph in the Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement article about this question of a former independent state, but it seems that only nationalist sources support this view, there is no independent scientific source (nonpartisan historian e.g.) supporting this claim: "According to the GBUM, the region enjoyed a brief period of independence between November 1, 1947, when the suzerainty of the Dogra rulers of the Kashmir princely state ceased to exist, and November 16, 1947, when the Pakistani army took over the region.<:ref>Sarwar Kashani, Gilgit leaders call official Independence Day a 'joke', Indo-Asian News Service (IANS), Wednesday November 21, 2007<:/ref><:ref>Manzoor Hussain Parwana Gilgit Baltistan a saga of Pakistani Colonisation Indo-Asian News Service,June 27, 2007<:/ref>" --Pylambert (talk) 21:47, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Proposal to merge with Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement
Actually, the initial author of the article is User:Chairmangbum, describing himself as "Engineer Manzoor Hussain Parwana (...) chairman of Gilgit Baltistan United Movement" ! He also wrote an article about... himself, which was merged with Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement, cf. Articles for deletion/Manzoor Hussain Parwana. I suggest this very dubious article Republic of Gilgit Baltistan be also merged with Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement, where the topics is already mentioned anyway (with the necessary caution). --Pylambert (talk) 17:24, 11 September 2010 (UTC)