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Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah , 1905-82, nationalist leader in Kashmir , known as the Lion of Kashmir. He became active in political reform while a student at Lahore Univ. and was frequently imprisoned from 1931 for urging self-rule for Kashmir, a region now divided between Indian and Pakistan. He was... Read more
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Jammu Jammu
Jammu , city (1991 pop. 206,135), Jammu and Kashmir state, N India, on the Tawi River and in the Himalayan foothills. The winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir state, it is strategically important as the southern terminus of a highway linking the Vale of Kashmir with the North Indian plain. Once the... Read more
Kashmiri Kashmiri
Kashmiri ETHNONYMS: none The Kashmiris are the Hindu and Muslim inhabitants of India's most northerly state, Jammu and Kashmir, and of that fragment of land that is controlled by Pakistan and called Azad Kashmir (Gilgit, Baltistan, and four other districts, all thinly populated). The entire... Read more
Ladakh Ladakh
Ladakh , 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 of China, the area has a predominantly Lamaist Buddhist population. It was nominally a dependency of Tibet. After 1531 it was... Read more
Kashmir Kashmir
Kashmir , 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 the south by India, and on the north and east by China. The region is divided between the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (2001... Read more
Srinagar Srinagar
Srinagar or Serinagar , city (1981 est. pop. 588,000), Jammu and Kashmir, India, historic capital of Kashmir , on the Jhelum River. Situated in the Vale of Kashmir, Srinagar is one of the most beautiful summer resorts of Asia. Seven wooden bridges cross the Jhelum and connect the sections of... Read more
India-Pakistan Wars India-Pakistan Wars
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 of Great Britain. The most violent outbreaks came in 1947-48, 1965, and 1971. The roots of the conflicts lie in... Read more
Baltistan Baltistan
Baltistān, Pakistan A disputed geographic region in the Pakistani‐controlled part of Kashmir with a name meaning the ‘Land of the Baltis’, Muslims of Tibetan origin. It was a largely inaccessible mountain kingdom until it began to expand in the late 16th century to... Read more
Nanga Parbat Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat, Pakistan‐controlled sector of Kashmir One of the highest mountain peaks in the Himalayas with a Kashmiri name meaning ‘Bare Mountain’ from the Hindi nanga ‘bare’ or ‘naked’ and parvata ‘mountain’. The local name is Diamir... Read more

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