Kashmir Valley
| Kashmir Division |
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| Nickname(s): Peer Waer (Garden of saints) Paradise on Earth, Resh Waer |
| Kashmir Division (bordered orange) shown within the wider Kashmir region |
| Country | India |
| Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
The name Islamabad is believed to have derived from the name of a Mughal governor Islam Khan who built a garden in the area. Both names are used for the town, Anantnag being preferred by the Hindus and Sikhs and Islamabad being preferred by the Muslims.
Anantnag District is famous for the Amarnathji cave situated at Mount Amarnath whose altitude is about 5,486m above sea level. The world famous shrine of Amarnathji is situated about 48 Kms. from Pahalgam and attracts devotees from all over India.
Kulgam is known for a religious saint (Sayed Simnan Sahib), who gave it the name “Kulgam” (“Kul” means “clan” in Sanskrit; “gram” in Sanskrit means “village”), because he lost something in the stream. Syed Simnan came from a place called Simnan in Iran.
What is population of Kashmir?
Jammu and Kashmir consists of three divisions: Jammu, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh, and is further divided into 22 districts: The Siachen Glacier, although under Indian military control, does not lie under the administration of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Sometime back majority of the Kashmiri Muslims were of the Sunni religious persuasion, but now with rapid business influx makes Kashmiri Shias account for about 35 to 40 percentage of the population, and rapidly increasing.
Jammu and kashmir is rich in many aspects . if you consider cultural rich ness ,yes again jammu and kashmir is culturally again one of the richest state.
Football in Jammu and Kashmir
Football, the most popular sport in Jammu and Kashmir, first came to Jammu and Kashmir in 1891-92 by Tyndale Biscoe.In some cases districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions, and in others directly into tehsils or talukas. As of 2020 there are a total of 739 districts, up from the 640 in the 2011 Census of India and the 593 recorded in the 2001 Census of India.
What is the population of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh?
Nature has endowed Kashmir with implausible beauty and is rightly called as "Paradise on Earth".
Under the terms of the Treaty of Amritsar that followed in March 1846, the British government sold Kashmir for a sum of 7.5 million Nanakshahee rupees to Gulab Singh, hereafter bestowed with the title of Maharaja.
This excludes the Pakistani administered region of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (13,297 km
2). The remaining 42,241 km
2 is administered by India.
Jammu Division.
| Name of District | Udhampur District |
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| Headquarters | Udhampur |
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| Area (km²) | 4,550 |
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| Population 2001 Census | 475,068 |
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| Population 2011 Census | 555,357 |
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What is the size of Kashmir?
In the first half of the first millennium, the Kashmir region became an important centre of Hinduism and later of Buddhism; later still, in the ninth century, Kashmir Shaivism arose. In 1339, Shah Mir became the first Muslim ruler of Kashmir, inaugurating the Salatin-i-Kashmir or Shah Mir dynasty.
Kashmir valley is however fully under the control of India and is about 15,948 km2 (6,158 sq mi) in area which is about 15.73% of the total area under Indian control.
Establishment. After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948, the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir was divided between India (which controlled the regions of Jammu, Kashmir Valley, and Ladakh) and Pakistan (which controlled Gilgit–Baltistan and Azad Kashmir).
The 2010 Kashmir unrest began after an alleged fake encounter between local youth and security forces. The 2016 Kashmir unrest erupted after killing of a Hizbul Mujahideen militant, Burhan Wani, by Indian security forces. Further unrest in the region erupted after the 2019 Pulwama attack.
India claims the entire erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir based on an instrument of accession signed in 1947. Pakistan claims Jammu and Kashmir based on its majority Muslim population, whereas China claims the Shaksam Valley and Aksai Chin.
Current status and political divisions. India has control of about half the area of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, which continues the name Jammu and Kashmir, while Pakistan controls a third of the region, divided into two de facto provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir.
In the 1901 Census of the British Indian Empire, the population of the princely state of Kashmir was 2,905,578. Of these 2,154,695 were Muslims, 689,073 Hindus, 25,828 Sikhs, and 35,047 Buddhists. The Hindus were found mainly in Jammu, where they constituted a little less than 50% of the population.
Both India and Pakistan claimed the entirety of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, although Pakistan has recognized Chinese sovereignty over the Trans-Karakoram Tract and Aksai Chin since 1963. Pakistan administers Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Etymology. According to folk etymology, the name "Kashmir" means "desiccated land" (from the Sanskrit: Ka = water and shimeera = desiccate). In the Rajatarangini, a history of Kashmir written by Kalhana in the mid-12th century, it is stated that the valley of Kashmir was formerly a lake.
The Treaty of Amritsar (1846) formalised the sale by the British to Gulab Singh for 7,500,000 Nanakshahee Rupees of all the lands in Kashmir that were ceded to them by the Sikhs by the Treaty of Lahore.
Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus. The Hindus of the Kashmir Valley, were forced to flee the Kashmir valley as a result of being targeted by JKLF and Islamist insurgents during late 1989 and early 1990.
| Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir |
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| Strength |
| Indian Armed Forces Indian Army: 600,000 Indian Air Force: 30,000 CRPF: 65,000 BSF: 50,000 | 3,500 to 5,000 (2006 est.) 150 (2014 est.) 200 (2017 est.) |
| Casualties and losses |
| 5,462 security forces killed | 22,000 militants killed 3,000 captured 4,500 surrendered |
