Kashmir | MCQs

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Dal Lake is located in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.

It is famous for houseboats and scenic beauty.

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Kashmir is the most contentious issue between India and Pakistan.

India revoked the special status of Kashmir on 5 August 2019

The Three major wars India and Pakistan fought over Kashmir.

1.       1947

2.       1965,

3.       A limited war in 1999.

while 

Another area of major conflict between India and Pakistan has been over the sharing of river waters

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Bilafond Glacier is located in the Siachen region across Karakoram Range in Pakistan.

It is the main source of the Saltoro River.

It is under Pakistani control. 

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  Mian Mohammad Bakhsh is also called Romi of Kashmir.

  Mian Mohammad Bakhsh was a great sufi poet and scholar. 

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Pervez Musharraf (former President of Pakistan) introduced the 4-Point Formula in December 5, 2006 during India-Pakistan peace talks. Key elements included:

1. Self-governance for Kashmiris.
2. Demilitarization on both sides of the LoC.
3. Joint management (India-Pakistan cooperation).
4. No change in borders (but softening the LoC).

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Pakistan Air Force celebrates Operation Swift Retort as Surprise on 27 February since 2020.

After 14 February 2019, when suicide bomber attacked CRPF convoy in Pulwama, killing 40 CRPF soldiers, tensions between India and Pakistan escalated.

Later on February 26, 2019 Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out counter-terror operation (Balakot Air Strike), hitting in Balakot.

It was on February 27, 2019, when PAF exhibited supreme professionalism by shooting down two Indian Air Force jets, a MiG-21 Bison and a SU-30. The downed MiG-21 pilot, wing commander Abhinandan, whose aircraft had crashed inside Pakistan’s territory was captured.

Abhinandan was later released and handed over to India on March 1, 2019.

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Maharaja Gulab Singh finally acquired Kashmir in 1846.

In 1846, Gulab Singh signed the Treaty of Amritsar with the British East India Company

Which officially recognized him as the independent ruler of Jammu and Kashmir.

The treaty followed the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846)

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During the 1947 independence, some people in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) frontier region desired independence from both Pakistan and India.

The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference passed a resolution in Srinagar on July 19, 1947 to join Pakistan.

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In 1947, a spontaneous armed uprising against the Dogra tyranny occurred in Poonch, Kashmir.

As the region sought to challenge the rule of the Dogra monarchy on the eve of partition.

The Dogra dynasty was a dynasty of Hindu Rajputs who ruled Jammu & Kashmir from 1846 to 1947.

After the First Anglo-Sikh War in 1846, the British gave Kashmir and the title of 'Maharaja' to Gulab Singh

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