Topic - Ladakh

Ladakh is a region in the north west of India. It extends from the Siachen Glacier in the Karakoram range to the main Great Himalayas to the south and is inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent. It is one of the most sparsely populated regions in India and its culture and history are closely related to that of Tibet. Ladakh is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and culture. - Source: Wikipedia

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India urges China to expedite army disengagement in Ladakh

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

In this Friday, July 22, 2011, file photo, children play cricket by Pangong Lake, near the India-China border in Ladakh, India. India’s surprise move in August 2019, to carve out the sparsely populated region of Ladakh from the state of Jammu and Kashmir and make it into a territory directly controlled by New Delhi has been met with protests in Kargil, a Muslim-majority border city in Ladakh that identifies culturally with Kashmir, suggesting that the Hindu nationalist-led government’s plan to redraw the country’s political map will be far from easy. Mountainous Jammu and Kashmir comprises three regions: Hindu-majority Jammu, Muslim-majority Kashmir, and heavily Buddhist Ladakh. Ladakh borders Tibet to the east and the Chinese territory of Xinjiang in the far north. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

India’s splitting of Kashmir opposed in Muslim border city

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press