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History. A 1946 map of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir; present-day Azad Kashmir constitutes areas of the three western-most districts. At the time of the Partition of India in 1947, the British abandoned their suzerainty over the princely states, which were left with the options of joining India or Pakistan or remaining independent.
Azad Jammu and Kashmir or, for short, Azad Kashmir, is part of the Pakistani-controlled portion of Kashmir, lying west of Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. Overview Map
10 wrz 2024 · This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Azad Kashmir, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Azad Kashmir.
The disputed regions are Gilgit-Baltistan in the north and Azad Kashmir, the nominally self-governing territory to the west of the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost part of India; its capitals are Srinagar (in summer) and Jammu (in winter).
Azad Kashmir is a dependent territory of Pakistan. It has 10 first-order administrative divisions called "districts," and each district is divided into tehsils. Geographically, the northern districts of Azad Kashmir encompass the lower part of the Himalayas.
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9 wrz 2024 · Azad (“Free”) Kashmir, established in 1947 after the partition of India, is neither a province nor an agency of Pakistan but has a government of its own that is regarded by Pakistan as “independent,” even though it is protected by and economically and administratively linked to Pakistan.