Kashmir: A Brief Background
Against The Current vol. 149
Finkel, David; The Editors
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/3102
Date Written: 2010-11-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2010
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13715
Kashmir was divided between India and the newly created Pakistani state in the chaotic division of the Indian subcontinent in 1947-48, with little reference to the wishes of Kashmir’s people. The larger part is occupied by India, with a volatile “Line of Control” separating it from the Pakistan-administered zone. The formal name of Indian-occupied Kashmir is Jammu and Kashmir; the Pakistan-controlled region is known as the Northern Areas (Gilgit-Baltistan) and Azad Kashmir. The territory’s largest city is Srinagar.
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