Article 370 was incorporated into the Indian Constitution on October 17, 1949, as a temporary provision. This article exempted Jammu and Kashmir from the Indian Constitution, allowing the state to draft its own constitution and restricting the legislative powers of the Indian Parliament in the region.
Essentially, Article 370 granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, empowering its legislature to make laws on all matters except for defence, finance, communications, and external affairs. As a result, Jammu and Kashmir had its own constitution, flag, and penal code.
The process of abolishing Article 370 and revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir involved several key steps:
J&K, after the abolition of Article 370:
Jammu and Kashmir is located to the north of the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, and to the west of Ladakh, which is also a disputed region within Kashmir and governed by India as a union territory. Parts of Jammu and Kashmir have been contested by India and Pakistan since 1947, and by India and China since 1962.
The first step towards resolving the Kashmir issue is to address the underlying causes of alienation in the region.
Some of these causes include:
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