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Kashmir (/ ˈ k æ ʃ m ɪər / KASH-meer or / k æ ʃ ˈ m ɪər / 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 Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range.
Hindu Kashmiris and Muslim Kashmiris living in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir region of India are from the same ethnic stock. Kashmir is home to a variety of tribes, each with its distinct traditions, customs, and ways of life. These tribes, often tied to specific regions within Kashmir, have historically played key roles in the social ...
Jammu [b] and Kashmir [c] (abbreviated J&K) 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]
India has control of about half the area of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir; Pakistan controls a third of the region, governing it as Gilgit–Baltistan and Azad Kashmir. According to Encyclopædia Britannica, "Although there was a clear Muslim majority in Kashmir before the 1947 partition and its economic, cultural, and ...
The Kashmir Valley, also known as the Vale of Kashmir, is an intermontane valley in northern Jammu and Kashmir, a region in Indian-administered Kashmir. [1] The valley is surrounded by ranges of the Himalayas , bounded on the southwest by the Pir Panjal Range and on the northeast by the Greater Himalayan range.
The Kashmir region is disputed between China, India, and Pakistan. India claims the entirety of Kashmir, including the Trans-Karakoram Tract (a.k.a. the Shaksgam Valley), but the regions of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan are controlled by Pakistan while Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract are controlled by China. [11]
A district (), also known as revenue district, is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.In some cases, districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions, and in others directly into tehsils or talukas.
The name is written بھلیسہ in Urdu, भलेसा in Hindi, and 𑚡𑚥𑚲𑚨𑚭 in the Takri script. The area is known as Bhales ( /bʱəˈles/ ) to outsiders, but inhabitants of the region use a variety of names, including Bhalessa ( /bʱəˈlesɑ/ ), Bhalesh ( /bʱəˈleʃ/ , with variant /bʱəˈleiʃ/ ), and Bhal ( /ˈbʱɑl/ ).