Kashmir - Wikipedia
WEBKashmir (/ ˈkæʃmɪər / KASH-meer or / kæʃˈmɪər / kash-MEER) is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the …
Jammu and Kashmir (state) - Wikipedia
WEBJammu [a] and Kashmir [b] was a region formerly administered by India as a state from 1952 to 2019, constituting the southern and southeastern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India, Pakistan and China since the mid-20th century.
Kashmir | History, People, Conflict, Map, & Facts | Britannica
WEB1 day ago · Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent. It is bounded by the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang to the northeast and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the east (both parts of China), by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south, by Pakistan to the west, and by Afghanistan to the northwest.
Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) - Wikipedia
WEBJammu[b] and Kashmir[c] is a region administered by India as a union territory [1] and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 …
Jammu and Kashmir | History, Capital, Map, Population,
WEB1 day ago · Jammu and Kashmir, union territory of India (until October 31, 2019, a state), located in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent centered on the plains around Jammu to the south and the Vale of Kashmir to the north.
Article 370: What happened with Kashmir and why it matters - BBC
WEBAug 5, 2019 · Kashmir is a Himalayan region that both India and Pakistan say is fully theirs. The area was once a princely state called Jammu and Kashmir, but it joined India in 1947 soon after the...
Kashmir: What to Know About the Disputed Region
WEBAug 7, 2019 · Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region, has been claimed by both Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan since the end of British colonial rule in 1947. The region is now separated by the...
Jammu and Kashmir - Politics, Religion, Society | Britannica
WEB5 days ago · Until 2019, Jammu and Kashmir retained a special status within the union government of India as a semiautonomous state. Unlike the rest of the states, which are bound by the Indian constitution, Jammu and Kashmir followed a modified version of that constitution—as delineated in the Constitution (Application to …
Kashmir profile - BBC News
WEBDec 19, 2023 · The Himalayan region of Kashmir has been a flashpoint between India and Pakistan for over six decades. Since India's partition and the creation of Pakistan in 1947, the nuclear-armed neighbours...
Kashmir crisis 2019: Between a rock and a hard place - BBC
WEBBut Kashmir is a region used to upheaval: India and Pakistan fought three wars here since their independence from British colonial rule in 1947, and a Pakistan-backed Islamist insurgency has been...
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