Jammu division and Related Topics

Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)

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Region administered by India as a union territory and consisting of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and between India and China since 1962.

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

Jammu and Kashmir union territory (J and K) is bordered in carmine colour. Ladakh union territory (L) is bordered in blue colour.

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

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

Kashmir

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Northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.

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

K2, a peak in the Karakoram range, is the second highest mountain in the world

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

It includes almost the whole of the Jammu province.

Jammu

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Winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir

Maharaja of Kashmir, Hari Singh (1895 - 1961)

Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu

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

Doda district

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Doda is a district in the eastern part of Jammu Division in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Dogras

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Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group in India and Pakistan consisting of the Dogri language speakers.

Gulab Singh, the first Maharaja of Dogra Rajput dynasty which ruled Jammu & Kashmir.

Traditional dogra food-jammu and kashmir

They live predominantly in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, and in adjoining areas of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and northeastern Pakistan.

Ramban district

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District in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, located in the lap of the Pir Panjal range.

It is located in the Jammu division.

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.

Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification

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

Neelum Valley is a tourist destination in Azad Kashmir.

Mirpur University of Science and Technology

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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Municipality in the Kishtwar District in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

It is located in the Jammu division.

Partition of India and the movement of refugees

Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948

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Armed conflict that was fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to 1948.

Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, Supreme Commander of Indian and Pakistani armed forces

Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir

The Poonch Jagir on the western frontier of Jammu and Kashmir (1946)

Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan

Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India

State defence of the Kashmir Valley 22 October 1947 – 26 October 1947

Indian defence of the Kashmir Valley 27 October 1947 – 17 November 1947

Attempted link-up at Poonch 18 November 1947 – 26 November 1947

Fall of Jhanger and attacks on Naoshera and Uri 25 November 1947 – 6 February 1948

Operation Vijay: counterattack to Jhanger 7 February 1948 – 1 May 1948

Operation Duck/Bison 15 August 1948 – 1 November 1948

Operation Easy. Poonch link-up 1 November 1948 – 26 November 1948

Moves up to cease-fire. 27 November 1948 – 31 December 1948

Indian Spring Offensive 1 May 1948 – 19 May 1948

Indian Spring Offensive 19 May 1948 – 14 August 1948

A Pakistan army convoy advances in kashmir

Pashtun warriors from different tribes on their way to Kashmir

The Jammu province, consisting of five districts, had a roughly equal division of Hindus and Muslims in the eastern districts (Udhampur, Jammu and Reasi) and Muslim majority in the western districts (Mirpur and Poonch).

Poonch district of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir (in green) along with Muzaffarabad (blue) and Mirpur (yellow) districts in 1947

1947 Poonch rebellion

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Uprising against the Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir broke out in the Poonch jagir, an area bordering the Rawalpindi district of West Punjab and the Hazara district of the North-West Frontier Province in the future Pakistan.