Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kash·mir  (kshmîr, ksh-mîr) Popularly known as Kashmir

A former princely state of northern India and Pakistan. Part of the Mogul Empire after 1587, it was annexed by British India in 1846 and partitioned between India and Pakistan after fierce fighting (1947-1949). Both India and Pakistan have continued to claim jurisdiction over the whole territory.

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Jammu and Kashmir

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(Placename) the official name for the part of Kashmir under Indian control

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Jammu and Kashmir - an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India Kashmir, Cashmere Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami, Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami, HUJI - an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan Line of Control - a 450-mile line that is supposed to indicate the boundary between the part of Kashmir controlled by India and the part controlled by Pakistan Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh, Mustagh Range - a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak Nanga Parbat - a mountain in the Himalayas in Kashmir (26,660 feet high)