A report on Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir (state) and State flag of Jammu and Kashmir

Topographic map of Jammu and Kashmir, with visible altitude for the Kashmir valley and Jammu region.
Map of Jammu and Kashmir
1936-1952
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 State flag of Jammu and Kashmir was a symbol used in the former Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir between 1952 and 2019, under the special status accorded to the region by Article 370 of the Constitution of India.

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After the Government of India repealed the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian constitution in 2019, the Parliament of India passed the Jammu and Kashmir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 contrast to other states of India, Jammu and Kashmir had its own constitution, flag and administrative autonomy.

- Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)

The state of Jammu and Kashmir was dissolved on 31 October 2019 and its territory was divided between two new union territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

- State flag of Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir was the only Indian state to have its own official state flag, along with India's national flag, in addition to a separate constitution.

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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.

The Article conferred power on Jammu and Kashmir to have a separate constitution, a state flag and autonomy over the internal administration of the state.

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.