Kashmir | MCQs

Explanation

The United Nations Security Council Resolution 47, adopted on 21 April 1948, concerns the resolution of the Kashmir conflic

the Council increased the size of the UN Commission created by the former Resolution 39 to five members

Meeting no. 286

Code: S/726

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The security council passed its first resolution on Kashmir on January 17, 1948

United Nations Security Council Resolution 39, adopted on January 20, 1948.

Explanation

Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession الحاق with the Indian government on October 26, 1947, and

Indian troops entered Jammu and Kashmir on October 27, 1947.

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Explanation

The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)

JKLF is a militant separatist organization active in both the Indian-administered and Pakistani-administered territories of Kashmir

Abbreviation JKLF

JKLF was founded by Amanullah Khan, with Maqbool Bhat 

JKLF was Founded on June 1976

JKLF's Headquarters in Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu, and Kashmir

ND17-1-2023

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On 16 May 2023, National Security Committee decided to observe May 9 — when multiple incidents of violence and vandalism were reported amid protests sparked by PTI chief Imran Khan’s arrest — as “Black Day” at the national level.

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Kashmir Orphans Relief Trust (KORT) was founded by Chaudhry Muhammad Akhtar in 2005

The organization was established in response to the devastating earthquake that hit Kashmir in October 2005

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• UNCIP (United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan) was established in 1948 to investigate and mediate the dispute between India and Pakistan over the future of Kashmir.
• The commission was set up by the United Nations Security Council to help resolve the conflict and facilitate a peaceful resolution.

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In 1930 years the Kashmiris started their freedom movement against Dogra rule before the partition of the sub-continent.

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India retaliated by crossing the international border at Lahore.

For over three weeks, more than 100,000 Indian soldiers fought against Pakistan's 60,000 troops.

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The British sold Kashmir to Gulab Singh. 

After the First Anglo-Sikh War, the British East India Company defeated the Sikh Empire

Through the Treaty of Amritsar in 1846, sold Kashmir to Gulab Singh for seven and a half million rupees.

This transaction established Gulab Singh as the independent ruler of Jammu and Kashmir.

Explanation

Mir Syed Ali Hamdani, also known as Shah-e-Hamadan,

He is credited with spreading Islam in Kashmir through his teachings and influence in the 14th century.