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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 ...
The Kashmir division is largely Muslim (97.06%) with a very small Hindu (2.11%) and Sikh (0.58%) population. [24] Among Muslims, about are Shias and Sunnis sects.Majority of the population is made up of ethnic Kashmiris , with a significant minority of Pahari-Pothwari and Gujjar-Bakarwal people mainly living near the border area adjoining ...
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:
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 ]
Jhelum. 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.
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Urdu: آزاد جموں و کشمیر, romanized: Āzād Jammū̃ o Kaśmīr ⓘ, lit. 'Independent Jammu and Kashmir'; abbr. AJK), [6] officially the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir [a] and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir (/ ˌ ɑː z æ d k æ ʃ ˈ m ɪər / AH-zad kash-MEER), [7] is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing ...
Outline of Jammu and Kashmir. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu and Kashmir – is a region administered by India as a union territory. Until 2019, it was the name of a larger region administered by India as a state. Often denoted by the acronym J&K.
Kishtwar district consists of 4 Sub-Divisions, 11 tehsils, and 13 blocks. Following are the blocks: Marwah, Warwan, Dachhan, Kishtwar, Nagseni, Drabshalla, Inderwal, Mughal Maidan, Bunjwah, Machail, Palmar, Thakrie Trigham, and Paddar. [ 11 ] Each block consists of several panchayats. Block Kishtwar is the 1st block of Kishtwar District and ...