Topographic map of Jammu and Kashmir, with visible altitude for the Kashmir valley and Jammu region.
A high-altitude alpine lake in the Himalayan range in Jammu and Kashmir
Lama dance at Jummoo,
Jammu and Kashmir union territory (J and K) is bordered in carmine colour. Ladakh union territory (L) is bordered in blue colour.
Maharaja Gulab Singh, the founder of princely state of Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar railway station
Kashmir region divided across Pakistan, India and China (map by CIA)
NH1 near Sonamarg
Tawi River
University of Kashmir during autumn
The Vaishno Devi shrine attracts millions of Hindu devotees every year
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on postal stamps of India
Bahu Fort
Apples of Kashmir are famous for their taste
Raghunath Temple
Boteh from an Antique Kashmiri Dochalla Shawl
The Shivkhori cave
Inauguration of the first Khelo India Winter Games
Machail Mata
Vaishno Devi Temple in winter
Lohri bonfire
Shalimar Gardens
Dal Lake
Amarnath Cave

The Jammu division is a revenue and administrative division within Jammu and Kashmir, a union territory of India.

- Jammu division

Jammu and Kashmir is named after the two regions it encompasses – the Jammu region and the Kashmir Valley.

- Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)

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Political map of the Kashmir region, showing the Pir Panjal range and the Kashmir Valley or Vale of Kashmir

Kashmir

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Northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.

Northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.

Political map of the Kashmir region, showing the Pir Panjal range and the Kashmir Valley or Vale of Kashmir
Pahalgam Valley, Kashmir
Nanga Parbat in Kashmir, the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, is the western anchor of the Himalayas
Map of India in 1823, showing the territories of the Sikh empire (northermost, in green) including the region of Kashmir
1909 Map of the Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu. The names of regions, important cities, rivers, and mountains are underlined in red.
The prevailing religions by district in the 1901 Census of the Indian Empire
A white border painted on a suspended bridge delineates Azad Kashmir from Jammu and Kashmir
Topographic map of Kashmir
K2, a peak in the Karakoram range, is the second highest mountain in the world
The Indus River system
Large Kashmir Durbar Carpet (detail), 2021 photo. "Durbar", in this context, means Royal or Chiefly.
A Muslim shawl-making family shown in Cashmere shawl manufactory, 1867, chromolithograph, William Simpson
A group of Pandits, or Brahmin priests, in Kashmir, photographed by an unknown photographer in the 1890s
Brokpa women from Kargil, northern Ladakh, in local costumes

Today, the term encompasses a larger area that includes the Indian-administered territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, and the Chinese-administered territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract.

It includes almost the whole of the Jammu province.

Azad Kashmir

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Region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entity and constituting the western portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.

Region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entity and constituting the western portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.

Landscape of Azad Kashmir
Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification
Paddy field in Leepa valley
A 1946 map of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir; present-day Azad Kashmir constitutes areas of the three western-most districts
Muzaffarabad, the capital city of Azad Kashmir
Bagh City
Districts of Azad Kashmir
Kotla, Bagh District
Neelum Valley is a tourist destination in Azad Kashmir.
Munda Gali, Leepa Valley
Mirpur University of Science and Technology

On its eastern side, Azad Kashmir is separated from the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (part of Indian-administered Kashmir) by the Line of Control (LoC), which serves as the de facto border between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir.

The people of this region culturally differ from the Kashmiris living in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir and are closer to the culture of Jammu.

Kishtwar

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Kishtwar is a municipality in the Kishtwar District in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

It is located in the Jammu division.

The Valley of Jammu

Jammu

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The Valley of Jammu
Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir
Maharaja of Kashmir, Hari Singh (1895 - 1961)
Jammu Tawi station
Jammu city View
Singer Malika Pukhraj in 1920s
Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
Kalari cheese
Bahu Fort
Mubarak Mandi Palace
Amar Mahal
Raghunath Temple

Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu has historically been the capital of Jammu Province and the winter capital of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir (1846–1952).

Kashmiri Pandits in Srinagar, c. 1895 CE

Kashmiri Pandits

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The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins) are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India.

The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins) are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India.

Kashmiri Pandits in Srinagar, c. 1895 CE
Photograph of the Martand Sun Temple, Hardy Cole's Archaeological Survey of India Report 'Illustrations of Ancient Buildings in Kashmir.' (1869)
1872 painting depicting Srinagar, with Pandits in the foreground
Three Hindu priests writing religious texts – 1890s, Jammu and Kashmir
An artpiece of three Kashmiri Pandit women
Kashmiri couple getting married in a traditional ceremony at Jammu
Divine Colours of the Divine Spring
Ruins of Martand temple
Sharda Peeth
Mount Harmukh
A Kashmiri pandit woman, photograph by Fred Bremner, circa ~1900

They belong to the Pancha Gauda Brahmin group from the Kashmir Valley, a mountainous region located within the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

A large number settled in the Jammu Division of the State and the National Capital Region of India.

Chenab Valley

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River valley formed by the Chenab River.

River valley formed by the Chenab River.

Location of the districts for which separate divisional status is sought within Jammu and Kashmir

The term is also used to refer to the regions of the Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts of Jammu Division in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Lilavati (a mathematics treatise originally written in Sanskrit) in Dogri language & Dogra script.

Dogri language

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Lilavati (a mathematics treatise originally written in Sanskrit) in Dogri language & Dogra script.
Dogra Script Specimen
Dogri Specimen in Chambeali Takri

Dogri (Dogra: ; Devanagari: डोगरी; Nastaliq: ; ) is a Northern Indo-Aryan language spoken by about five million people in India, chiefly in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party

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State political party in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

State political party in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Panthers Party campaigns for a further division of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, with the recognition of Hindu-majority Jammu Division as a new and separate state of India.

Ikkjutt Jammu

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Ikkjutt Jammu (also stylised as IkkJutt Jammu) is a far-right party based in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

It advocates for the creation of a separate Jammu state out of the Dogri speaking districts of Jammu Division and for the reorganisation of Kashmir Division into two union territories, one being Panun Kashmir for Kashmiri Hindus who have been displaced from the region.