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Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu
1846–1952
Top: 1846-1936 Bottom: 1936-1953 Coat of arms
Map of Kashmir
Status	Princely state
Capital	Srinagar
Common languages	Kashmiri (Koshur), Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu), Dogri, Ladakhi, Balti, Shina, and others
Religion	Hinduism (state religion), Islam (majority), Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism
Government	Princely state
Maharaja
• 16 March 1846 – 30 June 1857	Gulab Singh (first)
• 23 September 1925 – 17 November 1952	Hari Singh (last)
History
• Princely state established	1846
• First Kashmir War	22 October 1947
• Accession to the Indian Union	26–27 October 1947
• Ceasefire (cession of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan)	1 January 1949
• Constitutional state of India	17 November 1952
• Disestablished	1952
Area
• Total	85,885 sq mi (222,440 km)
Preceded by Succeeded by Sikh Empire Maqpon dynasty Republic of India • Jammu and Kashmir Dominion of Pakistan • Azad Kashmir • Northern Areas
Today part of	India (Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh) Pakistan (Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan) China (Aksai Chin, Trans-Karakoram Tract)

Jammu and Kashmir, officially known as the Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu, was a princely state during the British East India Company rule as well as the British Raj in India from 1846 to 1952. The princely state was created after the First Anglo-Sikh War, from the territories that had earlier been in the Sikh Empire.

At the time of the partition of India and the political integration of India, Hari Singh, the ruler of the state, delayed making a decision about the future of his state. However, an uprising in the western districts of the state followed by an attack by raiders from the neighbouring Northwest Frontier Province, supported by Pakistan, forced his hand. On 26 October 1947, Hari Singh acceded to India in return for the Indian military being airlifted to Kashmir to engage the Pakistan-supported forces, starting the Kashmir conflict. The western and northern districts presently known as Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan passed to the control of Pakistan, while the remaining territory remained under Indian control as the Indian-administered union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Administration

According to the census reports of 1911, 1921 and 1931, the administration was organised as follows:

• Jammu province: Districts of Jammu, Jasrota (Kathua), Udhampur, Reasi and Mirpur.
• Kashmir province: Districts of Kashmir South (Anantnag), Kashmir North (Baramulla) and Muzaffarabad.
• Frontier districts: Wazarats of Ladakh and Gilgit.
• Internal jagirs: Poonch, Bhaderwah and Chenani.

In the 1941 census, further details of the frontier districts were given:

• Ladakh wazarat: Tehsils of Leh, Skardu and Kargil.
• Gilgit wazarat: Tehsils of Gilgit and Astore
• Frontier illaqas: (under the Gilgit Agency) Punial, Ishkoman, Yasin, Kuh-Ghizer, Hunza, Nagar, Chilas.

Prime Ministers (Jammu & Kashmir)

See also

• List of political parties in Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)
• Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir
• Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir
• Dogra dynasty

References

1. David P. Henige (2004). Princely States of India: A Guide to Chronology and Rulers. Orchid Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-974-524-049-0.
2. Rahman, Tariq (2011). From Hindi to Urdu : a social and political history. Orient Blackswan Private Ltd. p. 201. ISBN 978-81-250-4248-8. OCLC 757810159.
3. "Kashmir and Jammu", Imperial Gazetteer of India, 15, Secretary of State for India in Council: Oxford at the Clarendon Press: 71–, 1908
4. "Q&A: Kashmir dispute – BBC News". BBC News. 8 August 2019.
5. Bose, Sumantra (2003). Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace. Harvard University Press. pp. 32–37. ISBN 0-674-01173-2.
6. ^ Karim, Maj Gen Afsir (2013), Kashmir The Troubled Frontiers, Lancer Publishers LLC, pp. 29–32, ISBN 978-1-935501-76-3
7. Behera, Demystifying Kashmir 2007, p. 15.
8. ^ Copland, Ian (1981), "Islam and Political Mobilization in Kashmir, 1931–34", Pacific Affairs, 54 (2): 228–259, doi:10.2307/2757363, JSTOR 2757363

Bibliography

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This article incorporates text from the Imperial Gazetteer of India, a publication now in the public domain.

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