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Jammu had an average literacy rate of 89.66%, much higher than the national average of 74.4%: male literacy was 93.13% and female literacy was 85.82%. 8.47% of the population were under 6 years of age. The urban agglomeration of Jammu had a population of 657,314. [38] Most of Jammu and Kashmir's Hindus live in the Jammu region; many speak Dogri ...
[note 1] [14] [9] This is the first mention of the region of Jammu in recorded-history. [14] According to the Timurid account, Jammu was invaded and Raja Bhim was converted to Islam. [9] The Timurid account mentions that large amounts of booty that consisted of grain and property were taken from Jammu by them. [9]
Topographic map of Jammu and Kashmir, with visible altitude for the Kashmir valley and Jammu region. Jammu and Kashmir is home to several valleys such as the Kashmir Valley, Tawi Valley, Chenab Valley, Poonch Valley, Sind Valley, and Lidder Valley. [39] The Kashmir valley is 100 km (62 mi) wide and 15,520.3 km 2 (5,992.4 sq mi) in area. [40]
Jammu [a] and Kashmir [b] was a region formerly administered by India as a state from 1952 to 2019, constituting the southern and southeastern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India, Pakistan and China since the mid-20th century.
After severe fighting and heavy casualties, the Mughals defeated the Kashmiris in the Battle of Hastivanj (10 October 1586) [5] and annexed the sultanate into their empire as the Sarkar of Kashmir. [citation needed] Armed struggle against the Mughals continued until Yakub Shah's surrender in 1589.
Bhimber was the capital of the Chibhal dynasty, which lasted from 1400 to 1856. [2] [3] [4]Bhimbar was listed in the Ain-i Akbari (c. 1595) as a mahal under Lahore Subah, counted as part of the Jech Doab.
In the early 1800s, the Kashmir Valley and the adjoining Jammu region were part of the Sikh Empire.But the Dogras of Jammu were virtually autonomous under the rule of Raja Gulab Singh, who was positioning himself to take control of Kashmir and all the surrounding areas after the passing of Sikh monarch Maharaja Ranjit Singh. [11]
The Doda district consists of areas drawn from the ancient principalities of Kishtwar and Bhadarwah, both of which became part of a district by the name of 'Udhampur' in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. [13] The district of Doda in Jammu and Kashmir has a long history intertwined with legends and stories of various rulers and dynasties.