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Lying on the banks of the river Tawi, the city of Jammu, with an area of 240 km 2 (93 sq mi), [4] is surrounded by the Himalayas in the north and the northern plains in the south. Jammu is the second-most populous city of the union territory. Jammu is known as "City of Temples" for its ancient temples and Hindu shrines.
Pakhrals also known as Minhas and Jamwal, in different regions were founders of the city and the state of Jammu and its governors from ancient times. Their ancestors were Rajput warrior clans who later accepted Islam after the Muslim influence in the Indian Region and moved from Rajasthan (India) to Kashmir and Pakistan. Pakhral Rajputs are ...
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.
India has control of about half the area of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir; Pakistan controls a third of the region, governing it as Gilgit–Baltistan and Azad Kashmir. According to Encyclopædia Britannica, "Although there was a clear Muslim majority in Kashmir before the 1947 partition and its economic, cultural, and ...
[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]
Ikkjutt Jammu, an organization based in Jammu launched their campaign for the creation of a separate state of Duggar or Jammu (political groups and individuals use both 'Duggar' and 'Jammu' when referring to the Dogri-speaking region). [9] Ikkjut Jammu chairman, Advocate Ankur Sharma, informed The New Indian Express that the party has initiated ...
The climate of the region varies with altitude. In and around Jammu city, the climate is similar to the nearby Punjab region: hot summers, rainy monsoon, and mildly cold and foggy winters. While Jammu city itself does not experience any snowfall, the higher hills and mountains are snow-capped in winter.
The Dogra state eventually became the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. With the passage of time, Kishtwar became a Tehsil of the Udhampur district and remained so until 1948, when it became part of the newly created District Doda in the wake of first re-organization of the state during the post-independence period. In 2008 it became a newly ...