Complex sentence: Maharaja Hari Singh wanted to remain independent, joining neither Pakistan nor India, but was advised by Mehr Chand Mahajan, who later became his Prime Minister, that a landlocked country such as Kashmir would be soon engulfed by foreign powers such as the USSR or China.
Split into simpler sentences: Maharaja Hari Singh wanted to remain independent, joining neither Pakistan nor India. He was advised by Mehr Chand Mahajan, who later became his Prime Minister, that a landlocked country such as Kashmir would be soon engulfed by foreign powers such as the USSR or China.