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  1. 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).

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  3. Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and between India and China since 1959.

  4. The central part of the princely state was administratively divided into the provinces Jammu and Kashmir. In addition there were frontier districts and semi-autonomous jagirs (principalities). They were subdivided as follows: Kashmir province: Districts of Srinagar, Anantnag, Baramulla and Muzaffarabad.

    Name
    Region Claimed By India
    Headquarters
    Before 2007 [8](area (km 2 ))
    2,651
    2,502
    3,097
    2,342
    new district
    904
    4,550
    2,367
  5. The chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir was the title given to the head of government of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister.

    No. [a]
    Portrait
    Name
    Constituency
    1
    15 October 1947
    2
    5 March 1948
    2
    31 October 1951
    3
    Safa Kadal
    9 August 1953
  6. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu and Kashmir – is a region administered by India as a union territory. Until 2019, it was the name of a larger region administered by India as a state. Often denoted by the acronym J&K.

  7. Jammu and Kashmir was the northmost state of India. The state covered 138,200 square miles (357,936.4 km 2 ) and is mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir used to be a British protectorate in 1860.

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    India has control of about half the area of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, which comprises Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, while Pakistan controls a third of the region, divided into two provinces, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

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