• Dogra
  Dogra
  The Dogras are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group in South Asia. Being a diversified group, the Dogras include both Savarnas such as Brahmins, Rajputs and Non-savarnas. The Dogras also incluide merchant castes such as Mahajans...
  
  
• Jammu
  Jammu
  Jammu , also known as Duggar, is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...
  
  
• Kashmir region
• Kashmiriyat
  Kashmiriyat
  Kashmiriyat is the ethno-national and social consciousness and cultural values of the Kashmiri people. Emerging approximately around the 16th century, it is characterised by religious and cultural harmony, patriotism and pride for their mountainous homeland of Kashmir...
  
   - a socio-cultural ethos of religious harmony and Kashmiri consciousness.
• Kashmir (disambiguation)
  Kashmir (disambiguation)
  Kashmir mainly refers to the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent shared by India, Pakistan, and China.It may also refer to:* Kashmir valley, surrounded by Pir Panjal mountain ranges, between Pakistan, India and Ladakh....
  
  
• Kashmir (song)
  Kashmir (song)
  "Kashmir" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin from their sixth album Physical Graffiti, released in 1975. It was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant over a period of three years, with the lyrics dating back to 1973.-Overview:The song centres around a signature chord progression...
  
   - Signature song from album 'Physical Graffiti
  Physical Graffiti
  Physical Graffiti is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 24 February 1975 as a double album. Recording sessions for the album were initially disrupted when bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones considered leaving the band...
  
  ' by band Led Zeppelin
  Led Zeppelin
  Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
  
  
• Kashmiri literature
  Kashmiri literature
  Kashmiri literature has a history of at least 2,500 years, going back to its glory days of Sanskrit. Early names include Patanjali, the author of the Mahabhashya commentary on Pāṇini's grammar, suggested by some to have been the same to write the Hindu treatise known as the Yogasutra, and...
  
  
• Kashmiri music
  Kashmiri music
  Kashmiri music reflects the rich musical heritage and cultural legacy of Kashmir. Traditionally the music composed by ethnic Kashmiris has a wide range of musical influences in composition. Kashmiri music use traditional Central Asian instruments and musical scales.-Chakri:Chakri is one of the most...
  
  
• Kashmiri Pandit
  Kashmiri Pandit
  The Kashmiri Pandits are a Hindu Brahmin community originating from Kashmir, a mountainous region in South Asia.-Background:The Hindu caste system of the region was influenced by the influx of Buddhism from the time of Asoka, around the third century BCE, and a consequence of this was that the...
  
  
• Kashmiri Pandit Festivals
  Kashmiri Pandit festivals
  The religious festivals of the Kashmiri Pandits or the Dardic Brahmins of Kashmir have Rigvedic and Proto-Indo-Iranian roots. The Kashmiri Pandits share most of their festivals with other Hindu communities and some with the Zoroastrians, Shin of Hindukush, and other Persian and Central Asian...
  
  
• Vaishno Devi
  Vaishno Devi
  Vaishno Devi Mandir is one of the holy Hindu temples dedicated to Shakti, located in the hills of Vaishno Devi, Jammu and Kashmir, India. In Hinduism, Vaishno Devi, also known as Mata Rani and Vaishnavi, is a manifestation of the Mother Goddess.The temple is near the town of Katra, in the Reasi...
  
   Mandir is one of the holiest Hindu
  Hindu
  Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
  
   temples.
• Amarnath
  Amarnath
  Located in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and situated on Mount Amarnath, the Amarnath caves are one of the most famous shrines in Hinduism. Dedicated to the god Shiva, the shrine is said to be over 5,000 years old...
  
   is one of the most famous and holiest of Hindu temples, dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in Kashmir, India.
• Line of Control
  Line of Control
  The term Line of Control refers to the military control line between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir—a line which, to this day, does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary but is the de facto border...
  
   Kashmir
• Kargil War
  Kargil War
  The Kargil War ,, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control...
  
   or the Indo-Pakistani War of 1999
• LOC Kargil
  LOC Kargil
  LOC Kargil is a 2003 Bollywood war film based on the Kargil War, directed and written by J. P. Dutta. The film stars a large number of Bollywood stars.- Plot :The film is an attempt to dramatize a synopsis of the 1999 Kargil War ....
  
  , a 2003 Cinema of India
  Cinema of India
  The cinema of India consists of films produced across India, which includes the cinematic culture of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Indian films came to be followed throughout South Asia and...
  
   war film
  War film
  War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...
  
   based on "Kargil War
  Kargil War
  The Kargil War ,, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control...
  
  " or the "Indo-Pakistani War of 1999", directed by J.P.Dutta
• Indian Kashmir barrier

History

• History of Jammu and Kashmir
  History of Jammu and Kashmir
  This article covers the history of Kashmir from earliest recorded times to the present day.-Etymology:According to folk etymology, the name "Kashmir" means "desiccated land"...
  
   - History post partition is covered on this page.
• Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)
  Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)
  The Instrument of Accession is a legal document executed by Maharajah Hari Singh, ruler of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, on 26 October 1947...
  
   to the Country / Dominion of India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
  
• History of the Kashmir conflict - Information about the conflict is covered here.
• Timeline of the Kashmir conflict
  Timeline of the Kashmir conflict
  - 1846-1947: Kashmir before 1947 :* 1846: Jammu and Kashmir State is created for the first time with the signing on March 16 of the Second Treaty of Amritsar between the British East India company and Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu...
  
  
• Kashmiri Pandit
  Kashmiri Pandit
  The Kashmiri Pandits are a Hindu Brahmin community originating from Kashmir, a mountainous region in South Asia.-Background:The Hindu caste system of the region was influenced by the influx of Buddhism from the time of Asoka, around the third century BCE, and a consequence of this was that the...
  
  
• Dynasties of Ancient Kashmir

People

• Shaikh Abdullah, Politician
• The royal house of Jammu and Kashmir
  The Royal House of Jammu and Kashmir
  The Royal House of Jammu and Kashmir trace their roots to the mythical Ikshvaku Dynasty of Northern India, Lord Rama is the 'kuldevta' of the Dogras....
  
  
• Dogra
  Dogra
  The Dogras are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group in South Asia. Being a diversified group, the Dogras include both Savarnas such as Brahmins, Rajputs and Non-savarnas. The Dogras also incluide merchant castes such as Mahajans...
  
  
• Harsha of Kashmir
  Harsha of Kashmir
  Harsha was a king of Kashmir who is frequently mentioned because of his unusual conduct. William Dalrymple in a review of The Buddha and the Sahibs by Charles Allen published in The Guardian writes:...
  
  
• Nawang Kapadia
  Nawang Kapadia
  Lieutenant Nawang H. Kapadia , was an Indian Army officer who died fighting Kashmiri militants in the jungles of Rajwar in Kupwara district of Srinagar on 11 November 2000.-Personal Life:...
  
  
• Karan Singh
  Karan Singh
  Karan Singh is an MP in the Rajya Sabha, a senior member of the ruling Indian National Congress Party serving as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Department, President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations , India's Ambassador to UNESCO, Chairman of the Auroville Foundation and of the Temple...
  
  , son of Maharaja Hari Singh
  Hari Singh
  Maharaja Hari Singh was the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in India.He was married four times...
  
  , politician and diplomat,
• Hari Singh
  Hari Singh
  Maharaja Hari Singh was the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in India.He was married four times...
  
  , the last ruling Maharaja
  Maharaja
  Mahārāja is a Sanskrit title for a "great king" or "high king". The female equivalent title Maharani denotes either the wife of a Maharaja or, in states where that was customary, a woman ruling in her own right. The widow of a Maharaja is known as a Rajamata...
  
  
• List of people from Jammu and Kashmir
• List of Kashmiris
• Rajatarangini
  Rajatarangini
  The Rājatarangiṇī is a metrical chronicle of North west of the Indian subcontinent particularly the kings of Kashmir from earliest time written in Sanskrit by Kalhaṇa. The Rājatarangiṇī often has been erroneously referred to as the River of the Kings. In reality what Kalhana means by Rājatarangiṇī...
  
   - Sanskrit book written by Kalhana
  Kalhana
  Kalhana , a Kashmiri, was the author of Rajatarangini , an account of the history of Kashmir. He wrote the work in Sanskrit between 1148 and 1149. All information regarding his life has to be deduced from his own writing, a major scholar of which is Mark Aurel Stein...
  
   sometime during 1147–1149 CE, detailing the history of Kashmir.
• Other Activists, writers & Organisations on Kashmir issues (NAPM, Arundhati Roy, Faisal Khan, Ravi Nitesh, Gautam Navlakha,Madhu Kishwar, Ramjethmalani, Manushi, Interlocuters of GoI, Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti)

Media

• Daily Excelsior
  Daily Excelsior
  The Daily Excelsior is an English-language newspaper published from Jammu city, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. It has been published since January 1, 1965 and claims to be the most widely circulated English daily newspaper in the state. It has a daily circulation of 190,000 according...
  
  
• Rising Kashmir
• Greater Kashmir
• Daily kashmir Images

Misc

• 2005 Kashmir earthquake
  2005 Kashmir earthquake
  The 2005 Kashmir earthquake was a major earthquake centered in Pakistan-administered Kashmir known as Azad Kashmir, near the city of Muzaffarabad, affecting Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It occurred at 08:52:37 Pakistan Standard Time on 8 October 2005...
  
  
• Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir)
  Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir)
  Accession Day is a holiday in India's northernmost state, Jammu and Kashmir, commemorating 26 October 1947, when Maharaja Hari Singh signed of the Instrument of Accession, in which Jammu and Kashmir joined the Dominion of India. Festivities of the day include holding rallies, bursting of...
  
  
• AFSPA
  Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958
  The Armed Forces Act , was passed on September 11, 1958, by the Parliament of India. It conferred special powers upon armed forces in what the act calls "disturbed areas" in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura...
  
   & Its affect
• Baltistan
  Baltistan
  Baltistan , also known as بلتیول བལིུལ་ in the Balti language, is a region in northern Pakistan which forms Gilgit-Baltistan, bordering the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China. In addition, a part of Baltistan also falls into Jammu and Kashmir of India. It is situated in the Karakoram mountains...
  
  
• Balti People
  Balti people
  The Balti are an ethnic group of Tibetan descent with some Dardic admixture located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and Ladakh, a region in Jammu & Kashmir, India; as well as scattered in Pakistan's major urban centres of Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad/Rawalpindi. The Balti language belongs to the...
  
  
• Buddhism in Kashmir
  Buddhism in Kashmir
  Kashmir has been one of the most important centres for the spread and development of Buddhism. Buddhism was an important part of the classical Kashmiri culture, as is reflected in the Nilamata Purana and the Kalhana's Rajatarangini. Buddhism is generally believed to have become dominant in Kashmir...
  
  
• Cashmere
  Cashmere
  Cashmere may refer to:* Cashmere wool, wool from the Cashmere goatPlaces* Another term for Kashmir, a region of the Indian subcontinent* Cashmere, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand* Cashmere, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia...
  
  
• Cashmere wool
  Cashmere wool
  Cashmere wool, usually simply known as cashmere, is a fiber obtained from Cashmere and other types of goats. The word cashmere derives from an old spelling of Kashmir. Cashmere is fine in texture, and strong, light, and soft. Garments made from it provide excellent...
  
  
• Cuisine of Kashmir
  Cuisine of Kashmir
  Kashmiri cuisine is based on the ancient tradition of this area. The Rigvedamentioms the meat eating traditions of this area. The ancient epic of Kashmir, namely the Nilmatapurana informs us that Kashmiris were heavy meat eaters. This habit persists in today's Kashmir.The most notable ingredient...
  
  
• History of Ladakh
  History of Ladakh
  Information about Ladakh before the birth of the kingdom during the 10th century is scarce. Ladakh can hardly be considered a separate political entity before the establishment of the kingdom about 950 CE, after the collapse of the early Tibetan Empire and the border regions became independent...
  
  
• Kanger
• Kashmir Shaivism
  Kashmir Shaivism
  Among the various Hindu philosophies, Kashmir Shaivism is a school of Śaivism consisting of Trika and its philosophical articulation Pratyabhijña...
  
   Philosophy
• Ladakh
  Ladakh
  Ladakh is a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of the Republic of India. It lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent...
  
  
• Munawar-abad
  Munawar-abad
  Munawar Abad locally known as Muniwar , is a town located in heart of Srinagar. It is barely 2 km from Lal Chowk. Munawar-abad is the main link between downtown Srinagar and central Srinagar. It is famous for Ikhwan Hotel, Ikhwan Chowk, S.M.D. High School, Munawar-abad Jamia Masjid, Shrine of...
  
  
• Northern Areas
  Northern Areas
  Gilgit-Baltistan , is the northernmost political entity within Pakistan. It borders Pakistan's Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province to the west, Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor to the north, China to the east and northeast, Azad Kashmir to the southwest, and Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir to the...
  
  
• Pamir Mountains
  Pamir Mountains
  The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia formed by the junction or knot of the Himalayas, Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, and Hindu Kush ranges. They are among the world’s highest mountains and since Victorian times they have been known as the "Roof of the World" a probable...
  
  
• Reasi
  Reasi
  Reasi is a town and a notified area committee, tehsil and now a district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated at the bank of River Chenab. Reasi derived its name from its old name "RASYAL".Rasyal is a caste belongs to Rajput Category. In the eighth century Reasi was called...
  
  , Reasi District
  Reasi District
  Reasi is one of the oldest towns of the Jammu and Kashmir State. It was the seat of the erstwhile Bhimgarh State, said to have been established by Raja Bhim Dev somewhere in the 8th century. It remained an independent principality till 1822, when Maharaja Gulab Singh the then King of Jammu...
  
  
• Roza Bal
  Roza Bal
  Roza Bal is the name of a shrine located in the Khanyar area of district Srinagar, in Kashmir, India, venerated by some Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists. Some people identify the sage buried there with one Yuz Asaf, that is Jesus of Nazareth, whom they allege to have arrived in Kashmir after...
  
   - The purported tomb of Jesus in Srinagar
• Shaksgam
• Sudhan
• Swami Lakshman Joo
  Swami Lakshman Joo
  Swami Lakshman Joo Raina was a famed mystic and scholar of Kashmir Shaivism. He was known as Lal Sahib by followers and considered by them to be a fully realized saint.- Family :...
  
   Raina
• Terrorism in Kashmir
  Terrorism in Kashmir
  The insurgency in Kashmir has existed in various forms. Thousands of lives have been lost since 1989 due to the intensification of both the insurgency and the fight against it....
  
  

• Tibet
  Tibet
  Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
  
  
• Challenges and Opportunities for Kashmir
• Wakhan
  Wakhan
  Wakhan or "the Wakhan" is a very mountainous and rugged part of the Pamir and Karakoram regions of Afghanistan. Wakhan District is a district in Badakshan Province.-Geography:...
  
  
• Wazwan
  Wazwan
  Wazwan is a multi-course meal in Kashmiri cuisine, the preparation of which is considered an art and a point of pride in Kashmiri culture and identity. Almost all the dishes are meat-based . It is popular throughout Kashmir and served internationally at Kashmiri food...
  
  
• Human Rights issues

• Child Rights (An Article)