A major accomplishment. Slicing this particular Gordian knot has worked out well for India.
Jammu and Kashmir.jpg "Kashmir")
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday said that earlier almost every year, Kashmir would witness routine bandh calls
...bandh is Hindi for the Gujarati term hartal, defined below. Mahatma Gandhi introduced it into general use, as that was his native tongue...
and that gone are days when school and colleges would remain closed in the Valley. He said that hartal... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
calls are a thing of past and now 365 days of a year pass off peacefully with schools and colleges functioning normally every day.
"Gone are the days when people would give hartal calls which resulted in closure of schools and colleges in Kashmir. Today, all 365 days of the year pass off peacefully with schools, colleges, universities functioning normally. Hartals is a thing of the past in the Valley where business of all sectors is flourishing and economy growing," the LG said addressing a gathering of students at Amar Singh College Srinagar, as reported by news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO).
He said people of Kashmir are reaping the benefits of peace. "One can see youth playing music at Jhelum river front and students enjoying reading as well," he said.
The LG said that without peace, development and progress wasn’t possible in J&K. "Youth are the future of J&K and the country. We need your support to take forward J&K on all fronts," he said.
He said J&K is part of the growing economy of India. "Indian doctors made us proud by providing vaccines against Covid to dozens of foreign countries," he said and sought students’ support in making India the strongest nations across the globe.