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The Himalayan region has been marred by decades of violence and political disempowerment – including the Modi government’s 2019 decision to unilaterally downgrade Jammu and Kashmir from a state to union territory, ruled directly by Delhi, and revoke the region’s limited autonomy.
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Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2024
Converting Kashmir into a union territory was a show of brute majoritarianism, a demonstration that India can downgrade its only Muslim-majority state.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2019
This party had no compunctions in signing off on Modi’s plan to downgrade Kashmir from a state to a union territory even as the party campaigns for Delhi to be transformed from a union territory to a state.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2019
Aksai Chin’s importance is entirely political; China claims it as part of Xinjiang, its westernmost territory, while India claims it as part of the Ladakh union territory.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
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Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2024
Converting Kashmir into a union territory was a show of brute majoritarianism, a demonstration that India can downgrade its only Muslim-majority state.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2019
This party had no compunctions in signing off on Modi’s plan to downgrade Kashmir from a state to a union territory even as the party campaigns for Delhi to be transformed from a union territory to a state.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2019
Aksai Chin’s importance is entirely political; China claims it as part of Xinjiang, its westernmost territory, while India claims it as part of the Ladakh union territory.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
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“Union territory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/union%20territory. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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