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Jammu
(Encyclopedia) JammuJammujŭˈm&oomacr; [key], city (1991 pop. 206,135), Jammu and Kashmir union territory, N India, on the Tawi River and in the Himalayan foothills. The winter capital of Jammu…Jammu and Kashmir
(Encyclopedia) Jammu and Kashmir: see Kashmir.Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad
(Encyclopedia) Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad shākh m&oomacr;hämˈmäd äbd&oobreve;l-läˈ [key], 1905–82, nationalist leader in Kashmir, known…Kashmir
(Encyclopedia) KashmirKashmirkăshmērˈ, kăshˈmēr, region and former princely state, 85,714 sq mi (222,236 sq km), NW India, NE Pakistan, and SW China. Kashmir is bordered on the west by Pakistan, on…Srinagar
(Encyclopedia) SrinagarSrinagarsrēnŭˈgər [key] or SerinagarSrinagarsərēnŭˈ– [key], city (1981 est. pop. 588,000), Jammu and Kashmir, India, historic capital of Kashmir, on the Jhelum River. Situated…Ladakh
(Encyclopedia) LadakhLadakhlədäkˈ [key], region, 45,762 sq mi (118,524 sq km), E Kashmir, on the border of China. Leh is the chief town. Allied ethnologically and geographically with the Tibet region…Things Get Rough in Kashmir
50 years later the struggle continues by Ben Snowden This article was posted in June, 1998. "If we want to save not only South Asia from nuclear war, but the world as a whole,…India-Pakistan Wars
(Encyclopedia) India-Pakistan Wars, name given to the series of conflicts between India and Pakistan since 1947, when the Indian subcontinent was partitioned and the two countries became independent…Muzaffarabad
(Encyclopedia) MuzaffarabadMuzaffarabadm&oobreve;zŭfˈfəräbädˌ [key], town, NW Kashmir, at the confluence of the Jhelum and Neelam rivers. It is the chief city and capital of Azad Kashmir, which…Leh
(Encyclopedia) LehLehlā [key], town (2011 pop. 30,870), Ladakh, E Kashmir, N India. It is the headquarters of Ladakh union territory and of the Leh district in Indian-controlled Kashmir. It lies at…Trending
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