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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 ...
Article 370 acknowledges the special status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in terms of autonomy and its ability to formulate laws for the state's permanent residents. [ i ] Further, the state gave special privileges to the permanent residents in matters such as residence, property, education and government jobs, which were unavailable to others.
[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") nationally. Rallies and seminars were arranged to express ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's Supreme Court upheld on Monday a 2019 decision by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revoke special status for the state of Jammu and Kashmir and set a ...
India’s top court on Monday upheld the government’s controversial 2019 decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, also ruling that the disputed Muslim-majority territory ...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Kashmir’s top pro-India politician had a stark message Friday — the eve of the fourth anniversary since India revoked the disputed region’s special status, throwing the ...
Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir; Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Permit for Resettlement in or (Permanent Return) to the State Act, 1982; Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021; Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019; Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
5 August 2019 (): The special status enjoyed by Jammu and Kashmir was revoked by the Government of India through Presidential orders backed by parliamentary resolutions.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 .