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The central government not only stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy but also eliminated its statehood, bringing it under direct rule by downgrading it from a state to a union territory.—Yamini Aiyar, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025 With treaty on ice, China steps in That latest provocation threatening the treaty was a terrorist attack in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, 2025.—Pintu Kumar Mahla, The Conversation, 16 July 2025 However, the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has an existing level 4 advisory due to terrorism and civil unrest (except the Ladakh region), dating to before the recent events, and the U.S. has prohibited its personnel from traveling there.—Jasreen Mayal Khanna, AFAR Media, 19 May 2025 In August 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP government downgraded the semi-autonomous state to a union territory, ruled directly by New Delhi, and then imposed a six-month communications blackout to contain the ensuing chaos.—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for union territory
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