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In 2006, eight new districts were created: Kishtwar, Ramban, Reasi, Samba, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Kulgam and Shopian. [7] In August 2019, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act was passed by both houses of the Indian Parliament. The provisions contained in the bill reorganised the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories; Jammu ...
Website. www.jk.gov.in. Jammu[ 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 and between India and China since 1959. [ 3 ]
The Kashmir division is a revenue and administrative division of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. [ 1 ] It comprises the Kashmir Valley, bordering the Jammu Division to the south and Ladakh to the east. The Line of Control forms its boundary with the Pakistani-administered territories of Gilgit− ...
Gulab Singh, The first Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, which was founded in 1846. 1909 Map of the Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu. The names of regions, important cities, rivers, and mountains are underlined in red. In 1845, the First Anglo-Sikh War broke out. According to The Imperial Gazetteer of India:
Jammu division. Region administered by India as a Administrative division. Interactive map of Jammu division. A map of the Jammu division (neon blue) of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir(shaded in tan) in the disputed Kashmirregion. [1] Coordinates: 32°44′N74°52′E / 32.73°N 74.87°E / 32.73;
It is one of the 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Situated in the centre of the Kashmir Valley, it is the second-most populous district of the union territory after Jammu District as per the 2011 national census, [5] and is home to the summer capital city of Srinagar (with the city of Jammu serving as the territory's winter capital). [6]
Anantnag (Kashmiri pronunciation: [/ə'nʌntna:g/ or /-nɑːg/] listen ⓘ), also called Islamabad, [ 4 ] is the administrative headquarters of Anantnag district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. [ 5 ] It is located at a distance of 53 kilometres (33 miles) from the union territory's capital Srinagar.
According to the 2011 census Jammu district has a population of 1,526,406, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon [7] or the US state of Hawaii. [8] This gives it a ranking of 326th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 596 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,540/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the ...