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Jammu is located at 32°44′N74°52′E32.73°N 74.87°E. [ 14 ] It has an average elevation of 300 m (980 ft). Jammu city is situated on a series of uneven ridges of low heights in the Shivalik hills. It is surrounded by the Shivalik range to the north, east, and southeast while the Trikuta Range borders it in the northwest.
Jammu and Kashmir was also host to the first Khelo India Winter Games, held in 2020 in Gulmarg. [107] Jammu and Kashmir came first with the most gold medals at 26, followed by the Indian Army team with 8 gold medals. [108] The second edition of the winter games were also held in Gulmarg in 2021, with Jammu and Kashmir coming first again. [109]
Peacebuilding in Jammu and Kashmir includes confidence-building measures at a nation-state level between the governments of India and Pakistan, track two diplomacy, as well as initiatives by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), institutes and individuals. [1][2] The purpose of peacebuilding in Jammu and Kashmir include conflict prevention and ...
The idol was stolen in 1981 was subsequently recovered and kept in Jammu since 1999. It is believed that during the exodus of Pandits from Handwara, the idol was left behind in the house of Pandit Jaggernath. The nearest airport is Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport in Srinagar located 78.8 kilometers from Handwara. Handwara is not yet ...
The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) is a regional political party in Indian-administered Kashmir's union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.Founded as the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference by Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas in 1932 in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, the organisation renamed itself to "National Conference" in 1939 in order to ...
The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (J&K PCC or JKPCC/J&KPCC) is a state unit of the Indian National Congress (INC) in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the region, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is the governing authority of the Jammu and Kashmir and its two divisions and 20 districts.. Jammu and Kashmir is a union territory in India under the terms of Article 239A (which was initially applied to Puducherry and is now also applicable to the union territory as per the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019) of the Constitution of India.
Jammu[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. [5][6] The underlying region of this state were parts of the ...