issue. Pakistan says that Kashmir is a disputed territory whose final status must be determined by the people of Kashmir. China states that Aksai Chin is a part of China and does not recognize the addition of Aksai Chin to the Kashmir region. Certain Kashmiri independence groups believe that Kashmir should be independent of both India and Pakistan Geography: Bordered by Afghanistan‚ Pakistan‚ India‚ and China Contains about 85‚000 square miles of land Mountainous‚ sparsely populated region
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was the name of the Indian operation to clear the Kargil sector.[10] The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants into positions on the Indian side of the LOC‚[11] which serves as the de facto border between the two states. During the initial stages of the war‚ Pakistan blamed the fighting entirely on independent Kashmiri insurgents‚ but documents left behind by casualties and later statements by Pakistan’s Prime Minister and Chief of Army Staff showed involvement
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India‚ Pakistan agree to ceasefire after recent Kashmir fighting NEW DELHI -- India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to ease tensions in disputed Kashmir by strictly observing a decade-old cease-fire after five soldiers were killed in recent clashes‚ an Indian army spokesman said. The military commanders of the two armies spoke by telephone for 10 minutes and reached an understanding not to allow the situation to escalate further‚ spokesman Col. Jagdeep Dahiya said. Three Pakistani soldiers
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Buried Tombs by Sarthak I stepped out of the rickshaw and adjusted my aviators off. It was still sunny but now we had come close to the temple. About a hundred feet away and a pandit came right over and attached himself to us‚ less offering to show us around and rather assuming the role. My mom declined his services right off the bat‚ somehow wary of his position - the man was very doubtfully a learned hindu scholar and really more of a guide. Perhaps she was afraid of the idea of “business” being
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the life of Pandit Chaturvedi‚ a highly respected‚ learned and religious Brahmin‚ who lives with his wife Parvathi and daughter Vedika‚ in Benares. His life takes an unexpected turn after he adopts an abandoned baby boy (who was brought into the house by his daughter) and raises him as his own son. The boy‚ who is named Karthikey‚ fills Pandit Chaturvedi’s life with joy and happiness. However‚ this happiness is short lived for Karthikey’s mother returns. It is at this point that Pandit Chaturvedi
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* Introduction * Related * Contributors & Bibliography Indian literature‚ writings of the Indian subcontinent‚ produced there in a variety of languages‚ including Sanskrit‚ Prākrit‚ Pāli‚ Bengali‚ Bihārī‚ Gujarati‚ Hindi‚ Kannada‚ Kashmiri‚ Malayalam‚ Oriya‚ Punjabi‚ Rajāsthānī‚ Tamil‚ Telugu‚ Urdu‚ and Sindhi. A brief treatment of Indian literature follows. For full treatment‚ see South Asian Arts: Literature. The earliest Indian literature took the form of the canonical Hindu sacred
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which was the name of the Indian operation to clear the Kargil sector. The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants into positions on the Indian side of the LOC‚ which serves as the de facto border between the two states. During the initial stages of the war‚ Pakistan blamed the fighting entirely on independent Kashmiri insurgents‚ but documents left behind by casualties and later statements by Pakistan’s Prime Minister and Chief of Army Staff showed involvement
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The article “The Effect of Protective Headgear on Head Injuries and Concussions in Adolescent Football (Soccer) Players” by J. Scott Delaney‚ Ammar Al-Kashmiri‚ R. Drummond‚ and J. A. Correa‚ the authors examine the effectiveness of protective headgear in teenage athletes. For their study they focused on the Oakville Soccer Club in Oakville‚ Canada‚ using soccer players ages 12-17. The athletes were to fill out a questionnaire examining their 2006 season‚ asking information about concussions they
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Kashmir: New voices‚ New approaches‚ edited by Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhyu‚ Bushra Asif and Cyrus Samii (Lynne Rienner Publisher USA‚ 2006)‚ 291 pages The conflict and cooperation in South Asia region‚ takes major share by two important countries i.e India and Pakistan. Both India and Pakistan are keeping large armies beside acquired nuclear capability. The traditional rivals fought four wars and remained under tensed environment most of the time. Though the dimensions of conflicts between two rivals
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river and valley and lake and graceful trees and another aspect is a masculine one‚ of hard mountains and snow-capped peaks and glaciers and cruel and fierce torrents rushing down to the valleys below.” ----- Thus Pandit Nehru describes the beautiful land Kashmir If the struggle for Kashmir were a struggle for territory‚ if it were a struggle for national resources or for manpower or strategic position or for any other prizes it might well have been solved years
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