Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||
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Former state[broken anchor] | |||||||||||
1954–2019 | |||||||||||
Map of Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||
Capital | Srinagar (May-October) Jammu (November-April)[1] | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
• Coordinates | 33°27′N 76°14′E / 33.45°N 76.24°E | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||
• 1954–1965 as Sadr-e-Riyasat; 1965–1967 | Karan Singh (first) | ||||||||||
• 2018–2019[2] | Satya Pal Malik (last) | ||||||||||
Chief Minister | |||||||||||
• 1947–1948 as Prime Minister | Mehr Chand Mahajan (first) | ||||||||||
• 2016–2018[3] | Mehbooba Mufti (last) | ||||||||||
Legislature | Jammu and Kashmir Legislature | ||||||||||
• Upper house | Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council (36 seats) | ||||||||||
• Lower house | Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (89 seats) | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Presidential order of 1954 comes into force, established as state of India | 14 May 1954 | ||||||||||
31 October 2019 | |||||||||||
Political subdivisions | 22 districts | ||||||||||
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Jammu and Kashmir was the northmost state of India. The state covered 138,200 square miles (357,936.4 km2) and is mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir used to be a British protectorate in 1860. Jammu and Kashmir borderd the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south-east and south respectively. The other parts of state are administered by Pakistan as Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Jammu and Kashmir has been a subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and China since 1962.
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