India annexes all of Kashmir in 1971

Say India annexes all of Kashmir and forces Pakistan to recognize and drop any claims to Kashmir and Jammu in 1971

What would be the impact of this

Would this lead to Pakistan being even more hostile to India

Would Zulfikar Bhutto get overthrown earlier
 
India would not do this. According to The Blood Telegram by Gary Bass (essential reading on 1971 Indo-Pak War IMO) the reason India hesitated to do any real action against W Pakistan was because it would ruin their already tenuous reputation. India wanted to portray the war as an humanitarian intervention (it sort of was, but most countries didn't buy it), annexing Kashmir makes it seem like the war was an attempt to make Pakistan an impotent vassal. Nixon would see the annexation of Kashmir as illegal, cut off aid and ask Congress for sanctions (he considered doing this IOTL).
 
India could possibly grab Azad Kashmir, but marching into the more mountainous parts would be... well a nightmare would be putting it mildly.
 
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