Jammu and Kashmir
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Jammu and Kashmir
(info • help) (Dogri: जम्मू और कश्मीर; Urdu: جموں و کشمیر) is the northernmost state of India. The territory is mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir borders the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south, Pakistan-Pakistan-Administered Kashmir to the west and the People's Republic of China to the north and east.
There is a dispute over the territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is clamed by Pakistan. Pakistan calls it 'Indian-occupied Kashmir. India refers to Pakistan-administered Kashmir as Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in the same way. .
Jammu and Kashmir consists of three divisions: Jammu region, the Kashmir valley and Ladakh. Srinagar (Iqbalabad) is the summer capital, and Jammu its winter capital. While the Kashmir valley, often known as paradise on Earth,[1] is famous for its beautiful mountainous landscape, Jammu's numerous holy shrines attracts tens of thousands of Hindu and Muslim pilgrims every year. Ladakh, also known as "Little Tibet", is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and Buddhist culture.
The Urdu word for this region is Maqbuza Kashmir or Occupied Kashmir with an area of 39,179 sq miles or (101,437 sq km), which is separated by the liberated Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas under Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The two countries; namely Islamabad and New Delhi have been fighting over them in the past. Recently peace talks have been held but the issue is largely unresolved since 1947.
