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A map of the disputed Kashmir region showing the areas under Indian, Pakistani, and Chinese administration. On 5 August 2019, the government of India revoked the special status, or autonomy, granted under Article 370 of the Indian constitution to Jammu and Kashmir—a region administered by India as a state which consists of the larger part of Kashmir which has been the subject of dispute ...
The map was adopted for official use throughout Pakistan. [25] [26] The government renamed the Kashmir Highway, which runs through Islamabad, as Srinagar Highway. [27] [28] On the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the revocation of Kashmir's special status, Pakistan also observed 5 August as Youm-e-Istehsal ("Day of Exploitation ...
Youm-e-Istehsal (Urdu: یوم استحصل, transl. "Day of Exploitation") is observed in Pakistan on 5 August, as part of the Kashmir conflict with neighbouring India.It decries the day on which the Indian government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status in 2019, abolishing the State of Jammu and Kashmir and replacing it with Jammu and Kashmir in the west and Ladakh in the east; both ...
On 11 December 2023, the Supreme Court of India unanimously upheld the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, while also directing the union government to restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir and hold legislative assembly elections no later than September 2024. [5] [6]
A new order, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Second Order, 2020 was passed on 20 May 2020. [142] [143] This order modified applicability of domicile orders to "all level of jobs" in the union territory. [144] Jammu division saw 33,157 people applying for the domicile document between 18 May 2020 and 26 June 2020.
SRINAGAR (Reuters) -Police in India's territory of Jammu and Kashmir blamed arch rival Pakistan on Wednesday for a spate of militant attacks that has killed 12 people and injured dozens over the ...
5 August 2019 (): The special status enjoyed by Jammu and Kashmir was revoked by the Government of India through Presidential orders backed by parliamentary resolutions. Simultaneously, the state was converted into a union territory , with Ladakh separated into a separate union territory, through the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act .
The Kashmir Valley is the only region of the former princely state where the majority of the population is unhappy with its current status. The Hindus of Jammu and Buddhists of Ladakh are content under Indian administration. Muslims of Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas are content under Pakistani administration.