In 2019, Kashmir formally loses its autonomous status, flag, and constitution as India reasserts federal sovereignty over the region, thus abolishing its statehood.
On Thursday, India's government will legally divide Jammu and Kashmir state into two federal territories, as part of a broad effort to strengthen its control on the restive territory at the core of more than 70 years of conflict with Pakistan. The state's Kashmir valley area is one of the most militarized in the world, where terrorists have conducted a decades-long battle against Indian control, murdering tens of thousands of people.
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