A standstill agreement meant that all agreements that were in practice under the British rule before 1947 with the Kashmir region would continue, as they were with the newly-formed Pakistani state.

In response to this tribal invasion, Hari Singh asked for Indian help. The Indians offered it but with conditions – and one of them was that Singh should accede to India, to which he agreed. That is when the Indian troops arrived in the Valley to defend the region against tribal invasion.