A report on Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir (state) and Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

Map of the disputed region of Kashmir with Indian-administered territory shown in citrine yellow; Jammu and Kashmir is the western half of this section. (Pakistani-administered territory shown in tea green, Chinese-administered territory shown in fallow brown.)
Topographic map of Jammu and Kashmir, with visible altitude for the Kashmir valley and Jammu region.
Map of Jammu and Kashmir
The trend in total yearly civilian and security forces fatalities from insurgency-related violence over 25 years from 1988 to 2013.
A high-altitude alpine lake in the Himalayan range in Jammu and Kashmir
Police and protesters confronting each other in Kashmir, 2018
Jammu and Kashmir union territory (J and K) is bordered in carmine colour. Ladakh union territory (L) is bordered in blue colour.
Map of Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar railway station
The Divisions of Jammu and Kashmir: Kashmir (green), Jammu (orange) and Ladakh (blue)
NH1 near Sonamarg
University of Kashmir during autumn
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on postal stamps of India
Apples of Kashmir are famous for their taste
Boteh from an Antique Kashmiri Dochalla Shawl
Inauguration of the first Khelo India Winter Games
Vaishno Devi Temple in winter
Shalimar Gardens
Dal Lake
Amarnath Cave

The insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, also known as the Kashmir insurgency or Kashmir intifada, is an ongoing separatist militant insurgency against the Indian administration in Jammu and Kashmir, a territory constituting the southwestern portion of the larger geographical region of Kashmir, which has been the subject of a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.

- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

After the Government of India repealed the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian constitution in 2019, the Parliament of India passed the Jammu and Kashmir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.

- Jammu and Kashmir (state)

The act re-constituted the former state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, with effect from 31 October 2019.

- Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)

In 1987, a disputed election held in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir created a catalyst for the insurgency when it resulted in some of the state's legislative assembly members forming armed insurgent groups.

- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

In the late 1980s, discontent over the high-handed policies of the union government and allegations of the rigging of the 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election triggered a violent uprising and armed insurgency which was backed by Pakistan.

- Jammu and Kashmir (state)

Unrest and violence persisted in the Kashmiri Valley and, following a disputed state election in 1987, an insurgency persisted in protest over autonomy and rights.

- Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)

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A map of the disputed Kashmir region showing the Indian-administered region in yellow. Jammu and Kashmir is roughly the left half of this region. Pakistani-administered Kashmir is shown in green, and Chinese-administered Kashmir in brown.

Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir

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A map of the disputed Kashmir region showing the Indian-administered region in yellow. Jammu and Kashmir is roughly the left half of this region. Pakistani-administered Kashmir is shown in green, and Chinese-administered Kashmir in brown.
EU parliamentarians meeting the Indian Prime Minister on 28 October 2019 before their trip to Kashmir, where officials briefed them about the situation in Kashmir.

On 5 August 2019, the Parliament of India voted in favour of a resolution tabled by Home Minister Amit Shah to revoke the temporary special status, or autonomy, granted under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir—a region administered by India as a state which consists of the larger part of Kashmir which has been the subject of dispute among India, Pakistan, and China since 1947.

He regarded the detention of Kashmiri political leaders as "a classical colonial excuse" to prevent backlash against the Indian government's decision and called for a democratic solution that would involve Kashmiri people.

On 4 August 2020, Pakistan's government released an updated political map which included Pakistan's territorial claims on Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, the Siachen Glacier, the eastern banks of Sir Creek, as well as Junagadh and Manavadar in India's Gujarat region.