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Kashmir
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Kashmir
- Kashmir
Kashmir
is a Himalayan region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. The region is divided among three countries in a
territorial dispute
:
? Pakistan
controls
Gilgit-Baltistan
and
Azad Kashmir
in the northwest portion;
? India
controls the central, southern, and eastern portions (
Jammu and Kashmir
and
Ladakh
); and the
? People's Republic of China
controls the northeastern portion (the
Trans-Karakoram tract
and
Aksai Chin
).
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Kashmir
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| Official name
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Kashmir
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| Status
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Disputed territory among
Pakistan
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India
and
China
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| Capital
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Idem
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| Population
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circa 15 million inhabitants
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| Area
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101,473 km²
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| Major languages
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Hindi, Dogri, Kashmiri, Urdu and Ladakhi.
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| Major religions
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Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism
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| More information
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Kashmir
,
Geography of Kashmir
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History of Kashmir
and
Politics of Kashmir
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| More images
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Kashmir
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Kashmir (Category)
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General maps
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Map of Kashmir (2019)
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Physical map of Kashmir
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Map of Kashmir showing police jurisdictions
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Maps of divisions
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
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Districts of Azad Kashmir
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Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan (
de facto
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Districts of Jammu and Kashmir (
de facto
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Districts of Ladakh
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History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Kashmir, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Kashmir.
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Mauryan Empire (305 BCE)
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Kushan Empire (30?375 CE)
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Karkota Empire (8th century CE)
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Tibetan Empire (780?790s CE)
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Mughal Empire (1707)
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Sikh Empire (1799?1849)
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Princely state of Jammu and Kashmir (1946)
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Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (1951)
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Disputed territory of Kashmir (1965)
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Disputed territory of Kashmir (2004)
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Balakot airstrike (2019)
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Sino-Indian skirmishes (2020)
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Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.
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Kashmir in 1861
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Ethnic map of Kashmir in 1877
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Kashmir in 1885
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Kashmir (Cashmere) in 1903
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Kashmir in 1946
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