On 14 November 1947 Lieutenant Ajay Mehra, in the company of two assistants, Ultaram and Sultaram, travels to Kashmir to quash Kabaayalis rebels. While rescuing a woman in Baramullah, he sustains a head injury and loses his memory. The woman he rescued, Asha, was just married to Ranjeet but ended up being abandoned by him during the attack, looks after him, accompanies him to Srinagar to get him medically treated, and Ajay falls in love with her. After she gets him admitted, she leaves a message that since she is married, she must return back home. Once there, she finds out that her marriage was not finalized while her in-laws refuse to accept this and decide to abduct her. Ajay manages to rescue her but ends up getting arrested by the police, he does escape from custody and returns home to Bombay. Once there, he hopes to regain his memory but while chasing bank robbers, meets with an accident and is hospitalized. He regains part of his memory, his identity, and his mission in Kashmir. The media takes an active interest, Asha finds out, travels to Bombay where she hopes to re-unite with Ajay and inform him that she is still single - but nothing will prepare for the shock when she finds him in the company of his wife, Kamini, and with no recollection of her at all.