Jammu and Kashmir (state)
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former state | |||||||||||
| 1954–2019 | |||||||||||
 Map of Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||
| Capital | Srinagar (May-October) Jammu (November-April)[1] | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| • Coordinates | 33.45°N 76.24°ECoordinates: 33.45°N 76.24°E | ||||||||||
| 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[a] was a region formerly administered by India as a state from 1954 to 2019, constituting the southern and southeastern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India, Pakistan and China since the mid-20th century.[5][6] The underlying region of this state were parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, whose western districts, now known as Azad Kashmir, and northern territories, now known as Gilgit-Baltistan, are administered by Pakistan. The Aksai Chin region in the east, bordering Tibet, has been under Chinese control since 1962.
After the Government of India repealed the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian constitution in 2019, the Parliament of India passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, which contained provisions that dissolved the state and reorganised it into two union territories – Jammu and Kashmir in the west and Ladakh in the east, with effect from 31 October 2019.[7] At the time of its dissolution, Jammu and Kashmir was the only state in India with a Muslim-majority population.
