Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. The dark-brown region represents Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir while the Aksai Chin is under Chinese occupation

Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK or POK) is the name given by the Republic of India to a portion of Kashmir controlled by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and People's Republic of China. PoK borders the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir to the east, Himachal Pradesh to south-east and Pakistan to the west. The Disputed Territory : Shown in green is Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... The Disputed Territory : Shown in green is Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... Jammu and Kashmir, (often abbreviated as Kashmir), is the northern-most state of Republic of India, lying mostly in the Himalayan mountains. ... China - India Western border showing Aksai Chin Aksai Chin is one of the two main border disputes between India and China, the other being Arunachal Pradesh. ... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... India is subdivided into twenty-eight states, six union territories and the National Capital Territory. ... Jammu and Kashmir, (often abbreviated as Kashmir), is the northern-most state of Republic of India, lying mostly in the Himalayan mountains. ... Himachal Pradesh, formally the Punjab Hill States, is a state in northwest India. ...

History

Main article: Kashmir dispute

After the partition of the former British colony(India),India was divided into Republic of India and Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Maharaja of Kashmir who had an option of either joining India or Pakistan, chose to remain independent. Pakistan, eager to include Jammmu & Kashmir as a part of its territory, invaded Kashmir in guise of pastun Tribals. Kashmir was unable to withstand the Pakistani military thrust and the law and order situation in the region soon detoriated. The troubled Maharaja had to ask India for assistance. However, the Constitution of India barred Indian Armed Forces' intervention since Kashmir didn't come under Indian jurisdiction. Eager to get military help from India, the Maharaja agreed to accede Kashmir to India. The Instrument of Accession was signed on October 26 1947 and on the next day, the Indian Air Force airlifted Indian Army men into Srinagar, Kashmir's capital. However, the Indian Army which went into Kashmir at the Maharaja's request, did not recover all the area that was under Pakistani control because of peace poltics of then prime minister Nehru, which was a great blunder . The area that was left under Pakistani control after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 came to be known as Pakistan occupied Kashmir, while the Indian part of Kashmir was referred to by Pakistan as "Held Kashmir". For main article about Kashmir see Kashmir // Partition, dispute and war Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... In politics and in history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a geographically-distant state. ... Hari Singh was the last maharaja of the kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir. ... Law & Order is the longest-running primetime drama currently on American television (2004). ... The Constitution of India is the constitution of the Republic of India. ... The Indian Armed Forces is Indias primary defence organisation. ... Various princely states existed in India during the period of the British Raj. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... The Indian Air Force (भारतीय वायु सेना : Bharatiya Vayu Sena) is the air-arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the prime responsibility of conducting air-based warfare and securing Indian airspace. ... The Indian Army (भारतीय सेना Hindi: Bhartiya Sena) is the land force of the Armed Forces of India and has the prime responsibility of conducting land-based warfare. ... This article is about Srinagar city. ... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू) (November 14, 1889 - May 27, 1964), also called Pandit (Teacher) Nehru, was the leader of the (moderately) socialist wing of the Indian National Congress during and after Indias struggle for independence from the British Empire. ... The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 sometimes known as the First Kashmir War was a war fought between India and Pakistan over the region of Kashmir from 1947 to 1949. ... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ...

Regions

Pakistan divided this area into three parts:

1. The Islamic Republic of Azad Jammu & Kashmir,
2. The Northern Areas, or the regions of Gilgit and Baltistan. Gilgit was an agency leased by the Maharaja to British Government. Baltistan was western district of Ladakh province which was annexed by Pakistan in 1948. Both regions of Gilgit and Baltistan are administered as a de facto 'Federal Territory' of Pakistan.
3. A part of Hunza-Gilgit called Raskam, and Shaksgam valley of Baltistan region were ceded to People's Republic of China by Pakistan in 1963 with the proviso that the settlement was subject to the final solution of the Jammu & Kashmir dispute.

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Urdu: آزاد کشمیر), is part of the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, along with the Northern Areas. ... The Northern Areas or Gilgit-Baltistan is the northernmost region of Pakistani-administered Kashmir. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

See also

• Azad Kashmir
• Kashmir
• Terrorism in Kashmir
• Indian-administered Kashmir
• Baltistan
• Balti people
• Balti Language
• Ladakh

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Urdu: آزاد کشمیر), is part of the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, along with the Northern Areas. ... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... Kashmir : Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... Jammu and Kashmir, (often abbreviated as Kashmir), is the northern-most state of Republic of India, lying mostly in the Himalayan mountains. ... Baltistan is a region to the north of Kashmir, bordering the Chinese region of Xinjiang. ... The Balti are a people of Ladakhi/Tibetan descent with some Dardic and Mon (Indo-Aryan) admixture whose population of 400,000 is found in Pakistani-controlled Baltistan (a former district of Ladakh); and in Kargil and Leh districts of Ladakh, a region in Indian-controlled Jammu & Kashmir. ... Tikse monastery, Ladakh Ladakh is the largest district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, covering more than half the area of the state (of which it is the eastern part). ...

External links

• Kashmir
• BBC article