India Revokes Kashmir’s Special Status After Seven Decades Amid Security Crackdown in Disputed Region
5th August 2019
The Indian government has revoked the special autonomous status in place in Kashmir since 1947, amid a major security crackdown in the disputed Muslim-majority region.
In India’s most far-reaching move on the heavily militarised state for seven decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed a presidential decree aimed at bringing Jammu and Kashmir fully under the control of Delhi.