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Safa Kadal
Safa Kadal ( ; ) is a town in the Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered .... Kadal means bridge in Kashmiri. Jehlum river flows under this bridge on which the name of this place is named. The bridge was constructed by Saif Khan during the reign of a famous mughal emperor, Aurangzeb(1658-1707). Ram Mandir, Safakadal Ram Mandir at Safakadal in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir is currently in ruins. It was vandalised in 1990 and has remained as such. In January 2022 it was finalised that the building would be renovated. References {{coord missing, Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jammu And Kashmir (union Territory)
Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and between India and China since 1962.(a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories. China became active in the eastern area of Kashmir in the 1950s and has controlled the northeastern part of Ladakh (the easternmost portion of the region) sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahul Pandita
Rahul Pandita () is an Indian author and journalist. Early life Rahul Pandita is a Kashmiri Pandit born in the Kashmir Valley. In 1990, at the age of 14, he had to leave the Valley along with his family as part of the Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits. Career Pandita is the author of three best-selling and critically-acclaimed books: "Our Moon has Blood Clots: A memoir of a lost home in Kashmir" (Penguin Random House, 2013); "Hello, Bastar: The untold story of India's Maoist movement" (Westland, 2011), andThe Lover Boy of Bahawalpur How the Pulwama case was cracked (Juggernaut, 2021). He is one of the founding members of the much-acclaimed ''Open'' magazine and has also previously worked with the ''Indian Express'' and the '' TV Today'' group. He was also the Opinion and Special Stories Editor of '' The Hindu'', one of India's leading newspapers, which he quit citing frequent and childish interventions in edit pages by Malini Parthasarathy, the owner-editor of the paper. He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
