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Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2015-07-16): Gilgit Baltistan (Urdu: گلگت بلتستان), previously known as the Northern Areas, is the northern-most autonomous territory of Pakistan. In terms of land area it is bigger than Sierra Leone but smaller than Panama.[9][10] It was part of the former Princely state of Kashmir and Jammu in 1800s[9] and later leased to British[11] eventually liberated after a planned liberation movement led by Gilgit Scouts.[10] [...] The Government of Gilgit Baltistan also known as the State Government of the Northern Areas, is the highest governing authority of the territory and its 10 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Gilgit Baltistan, a judiciary and a legislative branch.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Jammu[b] and Kashmir[c] is a region administered by India as a union territory[1] 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 1959.[3] The Line of Control separates Jammu and Kashmir from the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in the west and north. It lies to the north of the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab and to the west of Ladakh which is administered by India as a union territory.[2] [...] (a) Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 15 August 2019 (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.";
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-08-02): - Gilgit-Baltistan is one of the disputed territories of India. [...] - Gilgit-Baltistan is the northernmost territory administered by Pakistan. It is Pakistan’s only territorial frontier, and thus a land route, with China. [...] - India has clearly conveyed to Pakistan that the entire Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, are an integral part of the country by virtue of its fully legal and irrevocable accession.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2009-08-29): The geopolitical entity of Gilgit Baltistan, which may be called the northern tip of the Indian subcontinent, emerged conspicuously on the map of Asia after the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) opened its long and elusive debate on the Jammu & Kashmir dispute as early as January 1948. As it is closely linked to the somewhat nameless region of Pakistan Administered Jammu & Kashmir, it becomes a necessity first, to understand the history of the making of Pakistan Administered Jammu & Kashmir and then analyse the ground situation as it shaped in the region of Gilgit Baltistan. [...] The British Parliament motion reads, "Gilgit-Baltistan is a legal and constitutional part of the state of Jammu & Kashmir, India, which is illegally occupied by Pakistan since 1947, and where people are denied their fundamental rights including the right of freedom of expression".
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-11-02): On November 1, Pakistan announced its decision to grant Gilgit-Baltistan, an autonomous region it administers in the country’s far north, the status of a full province. The region is also claimed by India as part of Jammu and Kashmir. Since a 1949 ceasefire agreement following the first war between India and Pakistan soon after their independence in 1947, Pakistan has administered the part of Jammu and Kashmir it gained control over following the war as two autonomous provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan being one and "Azad Jammu and Kashmir" being the other. [...] Reacting to Pakistan’s announcement, Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava reiterated this history, going on to add that it "firmly rejects" Islamabad’s decision. "Instead of seeking to alter the status of these Indian territories, we call upon Pakistan to immediately vacate all areas under its illegal occupation," Srivastava said. A month after India’s decisions on Jammu and Kashmir last year, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had noted "PoK [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, India terminology for the parts of Kashmir Pakistan administers, including Gilgit-Baltistan] is part of India and we expect one day that we will have the physical jurisdiction over it."
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-09): Gilgit-Baltistan is an administrative territory of Pakistan that borders the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, Azad Kashmir to the southwest, Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the northwest, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China to the north, and the Indian-administered region of Jammu and Kashmir to the south and south-east. [...] - ^ Bangash, Yaqoob Khan (2010), "Three Forgotten Accessions: Gilgit, Hunza and Nagar", The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 38 (1): 117–143, doi:10.1080/03086530903538269, S2CID 159652497 - ^ Yaqoob Khan Bangash (2010) Three Forgotten Accessions: Gilgit, Hunza and Nagar, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 38:1, 132, DOI: 10.1080/03086530903538269 - ^ Yaqoob Khan Bangash (2010) Three Forgotten Accessions: Gilgit, Hunza and Nagar, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 38:1, 137, DOI: 10.1080/03086530903538269 - ^ Bangash, Yaqoob Khan (9 January 2016). "Gilgit-Baltistan—part of Pakistan by choice". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 5 January 2017. [...] - ^ "Pakistan | Gilgit–Baltistan autonomy". Dawn.Com. 2009-09-09. Archived from the original on September 12, 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-09): Gilgit Baltistan (Urdu: گلگت بلتستان), previously known as the Northern Areas, is the northern-most autonomous territory of Pakistan. In terms of land area it is bigger than Sierra Leone but smaller than Panama.[9][10] It was part of the former Princely state of Kashmir and Jammu in 1800s[9] and later leased to British[11] eventually liberated after a planned liberation movement led by Gilgit Scouts.[10] [...] Gilgit Baltistan, which became a single administrative unit in 1970, was formed from the amalgamation of the Gilgit Agency, the Baltistan District of the Ladakh Wazarat, and the states of Hunza and Nagar. Gilgit Baltistan remains part of the Kashmir dispute. The Government of Pakistan since 1947 Independence regards the entire area of Jammu and Kashmir as "Territory in dispute" to be resolved by a Plebiscite to be held throughout the former state to determine the area's final accession to either India, or the neighboring country of Pakistan. Gilgit Baltistan is governed by a governor and a chief minister, with the latter being elected by the legislative assembly. Gilgit Baltistan covers 72,971 km² (28,174 mi²) and is very mountainous. It had an estimated population of 1.8 million in 2015. Its capital city is Gilgit, and the largest city is Skardu. The region is home to five of the 14 eight-thousanders, including K2 ("National Mountain"). Three of the world's longest glaciers outside of Earth's polar regions are found in Gilgit-Baltistan. The main tourism activities are trekking and mountaineering.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2017-08-09): - PART III REPRESENTATION - Contributors - Index 6 - ‘Not Part of Kashmir, but of the Kashmir Dispute’: The Political Predicaments of Gilgit-Baltistan from PART II - POLITICS Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2019 - Frontmatter - Dedication - Contents - Acknowledgements - Map 1 Pre-Partition Jammu and Kashmir - Map 2 Contemporary Kashmir - Introduction: New Directions in the Study of Kashmir - PART I HISTORY - PART II POLITICS - 5 Azad Kashmir: Integral to India, Integrated into Pakistan, Lacking Integrity as an Autonomous Entity - 6 ‘Not Part of Kashmir, but of the Kashmir Dispute’: The Political Predicaments of Gilgit-Baltistan - 7 Law, Gender and Governance in Kashmir - 8 ‘Survival Is Now Our Politics’: Kashmiri Pandit Community Identity and the Politics of Homeland - 9 Beyond the ‘Kashmir’ Meta-Narrative: Caste, Identities and the Politics of Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir - 10 Contested Governance, Competing Nationalisms and Disenchanted Publics: Kashmir beyond Intractability? [...] Indian maps show Gilgit-Baltistan as a part of Jammu and Kashmir – and thereby of India – without giving a hint that this is a representation of claims and not of actual political conditions. According to the Indian position, Gilgit-Baltistan (henceforth GB) is a part of J&K, which has been under the unlawful occupation of Pakistan since 1947. Yet the Indian perspective is strictly contradicted by popular discourse in GB which rejects any pretenses that the area is – or should be considered – part of J&K.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-11-14): India regards Gilgit-Baltistan as Indian territory. A part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan comprises a major chunk of the territory Pakistan occupied during its war with India that year. Gilgit-Baltistan together with Azad Kashmir is referred to by New Delhi as Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK). According to the Indian argument, since Gilgit-Baltistan was a part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, whose Maharaja acceded to India, it is legally India’s. [...] India has a different perception of Gilgit-Baltistan’s relationship with Jammu and Kashmir. It argues that even if Gilgit-Baltistan was on lease to the British, with the lapse of British paramountcy, Gilgit came under the Maharaja’s rule again. And since the Maharaja signed the Instrument of Accession with India, Gilgit-Baltistan is an integral part of the Indian Union.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-06-05): Under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Indian government and media have noticeably increased discussions of Gilgit Baltistan (GB), a territory in the northwestern part of the disputed erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). While the question of Kashmir’s status has dominated nationalist rhetoric in both India and Pakistan since Partition, sparked conventional conflict, and increased risk of nuclear escalation, GB has only recently emerged as a central talking point. An analysis of official Indian statements alongside media coverage reveals that the BJP is keeping the question of GB’s constitutional status alive in the policy discourse to fuel populist support. Recent manifestations of this having been the increasingly assertive statements by BJP politicians about reclaiming this territory during the recently-concluded Indian elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems to want his electorate to know that India, under the BJP, has the determination to revive previously neglected territorial claims against Pakistan. The BJP may be leveraging the GB issue for votes but could inadvertently raise domestic expectations of action on this issue, with dangerous consequences for regional stability.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-04-26): The History of Gilgit-Baltistan The History of Gilgit-Baltistan - Shafqat HussainShafqat HussainTrinity College, Department of Anthropology The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region in northern Pakistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan, has a long history. The people of the region, described as Dards, are mentioned by classical Greek and Roman historians and in sacred Hindu texts. This early history (3rd century ce–10th century ce) of the region shows it as ruled by the Kushan, Chinese, and Tibetan empires. In the 7th-century accounts of Chinese travelers and 8th- and 9th-century Arabic and Persian chronicles, the region is named as Palolo or Bolor in Arabic. It is also mentioned in the 10th-century Persian chronicle Hodud al-ʿĀlam, the 11th-century Kashmiri classic Rajatarangini, and the 16th-century Tarikh-e-Rushdi of Mirza Haider Dughlat, a chronicler of the Mughal emperor Akbar’s court.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-11-21): Yet, in a sudden turn of events and in contradiction of the country’s long-held stance and new political map, the Minister of Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur announced on September 16 that the government of Pakistan has indicated its plans to grant Gilgit-Baltistan official provincial status and representation in the Senate and National Assembly. Gandapur further stated that work on the Moqpondass Special Economic Zone would begin in Gilgit-Baltistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Gilgit-Baltistan, and its complex status within the larger Kashmir crisis, has long been a source of contention between India and Pakistan. India has opposed CPEC projects in Gilgit-Baltistan, arguing that the territory remains disputed, and the announcement was met with severe resistance and opposition in New Delhi. [...] Granting Gilgit-Baltistan provincial status is likely to further fuel regional strife and could push India to consider, if not engage, in a two-front conflict with Pakistan and China. Despite China’s backing, Pakistan should be cognizant of India’s conventional superiority and refrain from scoring political points at this volatile point in the South Asia region’s history. Considering all three stakeholders are nuclear powers, Pakistan should proceed with caution. Additionally, and most importantly, China’s opportunistic projects in Gilgit-Baltistan need to be questioned and restructured to aid the development of the region as initially promised. It is high time this regional border crisis is humanized and centered around the needs of Gilgit-Baltistanis.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-11-02): "I reiterate that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the area of so-called ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’, are an integral part of India by virtue of the legal, complete and irrevocable accession of Jammu and Kashmir to the Union of India in 1947," said Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Shri Anurag Srivastava. [...] Gilgit-Baltistan is a vital part of the $60bn China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), with the project’s major overland crossing at Kashgar, in the territory’s north. [...] Gilgit-Baltistan is located in the far north of Pakistan, at the intersection between the Himalaya, Karakorum and Hindu Kush mountain ranges. It is home to some of the highest mountain peaks in the world, including K2, the world’s second-highest mountain.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-11-13): Gilgit-Baltistan was part of the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947. In 1948, a year after India and Pakistan gained independence from Britain's colonial rule, it acceded to Pakistan, hoping it would be given constitutional status. [...] While Islamabad lays claim to the entire Kashmir region, including the India-administered region, New Delhi considers Pakistan-controlled Kashmir (Azad Kashmir) as well as Gilgit-Baltistan Indian territory. [...] Prior to the independence of India and Pakistan from British rule in 1947, Gilgit-Baltistan was part of the same administrative unit as India's Ladakh region. However, its demography has changed over the years, making it more integrated to the rest of Pakistan than ever.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2018-05-27): India protests to Pakistan against so-called "Gilgit Baltistan Order 2018" The Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan to India was summoned today and a strong protest was made against Government of Pakistan’s so-called "Gilgit Baltistan Order 2018". It was clearly conveyed that the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir which also includes the so-called 'Gilgit-Baltistan' areas is an integral part of India by virtue of its accession in 1947. Any action to alter the status of any part of the territory under forcible and illegal occupation of Pakistan has no legal basis whatsoever, and is completely unacceptable. Instead of seeking to alter the status of the occupied territories, Pakistan should immediately vacate all areas under its illegal occupation.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2017-02-23): The corridor, which came into operation last November, passes through Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-administered Kashmir – a territory claimed by India. Both the South Asian neighbours claim the disputed Kashmir region in full, but control parts of it. [...] It says that there is considerable concern within India that China, which has been neutral on Kashmir since 1963, can no longer be so now that its economic and security interests in these territories are growing. [...] But Mihir Sharma, who is the author of Restart: The last chance for the Indian Economy, says that India’s relations with Pakistan are simply too unstable for the former’s primary land connectivity corridor to Central Asia, Russia and Europe, to run through the latter’s territory.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2018-01-01): Gilgit-Baltistan A region in conflict Gilgit-Baltistan is part of the Kashmir region, which is disputed by India and Pakistan. An estimated 1.8 million people live in the region, according to 2015 United Nations estimates. The highly mountainous region covers an area of 72,971 sq km. Trade and tourism are the main economic activities of the region. China boosted investment in 2009 by signing an agreement with Pakistan for a major energy project which included the construction of a 7,000-megawatt hydroelectric dam.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-08-14): Because the 2018 Order’s inclusion of Gilgit-Baltistan as a quasi-province contradicted the region’s status as a disputed territory since 1948, and challenged India’s claims of sovereignty over the entire Kashmir region, the State of India described the Order as illegal and made multiple demands for its dissolution. It was only when it became abundantly clear that regional and national-level protests would continue, and potentially grow in strength and reach, that federal authorities agreed to suspend the Order on June 21st. The stay was temporary, however. On August 8, the Supreme Court of Pakistan reinstated the Order, arguing it was necessary to fulfil the state’s promise to ensure that the people of Gilgit-Baltistan have the same respect and rights as all others, no matter its failure to see through the constitutional amendments needed to actualize and guarantee the same. Ultimately, India’s 2019 revocation of Article 35A of the Indian Constitution has a precedent west of the Line of Control.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-11-01): India on Sunday slammed Pakistan for its attempt to accord provincial status to the "so-called Gilgit-Baltistan", saying it is intended to camouflage the "illegal" occupation of the region by Islamabad. [...] Gilgit-Baltistan | The land of peaks, streams and disputes Mr. Srivastava’s response came following a media query. "I reiterate that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the area of so-called ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’, are an integral part of India by virtue of the legal, complete and irrevocable accession of Jammu and Kashmir to the Union of India in 1947," he said.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-07-21): The Gilgit Baltistan region makes up the majority of territory that is considered as Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Yet, there is little knowledge about the region even within India, whether through news reportage or scholarly research. While India has always considered this part of PoK as an integral part of Jammu and Kashmir, it has failed to raise its voice against the actions of the Pakistani state in the region, instead opting, intentionally or otherwise, for a defensive posture vis-à-vis the Kashmir that remains under its own governance. The growing footprint of China in Gilgit Baltistan in the past few years has added a new strategic dimension to India’s discourse on PoK, making it a compelling area of study.[1] [...] The coming to power of Narendra Modi in 2014, however, once again led to a shift in India’s strategy. The Modi government, while initially making overtures of peace to Pakistan, has since been more vocal and assertive of India’s sovereignty over PoK. In June 2015 the Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson, while responding to a media question on election in Gilgit Baltistan stated that "the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir which includes the region of Gilgit and Baltistan is an integral part of India."
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2016-09-29): A part of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan constitutes a large chunk of the territory that Pakistan occupied during the 1947-48 India-Pakistan war. India lays claim to this territory and accuses Pakistan of illegally occupying it. It has protested China’s infrastructure projects in Gilgit-Baltistan and is strongly objecting to the CPEC project running through this territory. In addition to Gilgit-Baltistan’s disputed status is its undefined relationship with Pakistan. At international forums Pakistan maintains that Gilgit-Baltistan is part of the dispute with India over Kashmir and that its future should be decided after a plebiscite as stated in United Nations resolutions. Hence, it has not been made a part of Pakistan and is not mentioned in the Pakistani constitution. Neither are its people conferred with Pakistani citizenship. They do not vote in national elections and are not represented in Pakistan’s parliament. Although a Gilgit-Baltistan legislative assembly was created in 2009, it is the federal government that wields real power in the region. [...] While India would object initially to Pakistan’s formal integration of Gilgit-Baltistan, the move could open up an opportunity to settle the Kashmir dispute with Pakistan. After all, India is in favor of freezing the status quo, allowing both countries to keep territory under their control by making the LoC the International Border.
Claim: Gilgit-Baltistan is a territory of India (Gilgit-Baltistan, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-01): Government Of Gilgit Baltistan [...] To apply for a government job in Gilgit-Baltistan, you can visit the official website of the Gilgit-Baltistan Public Service Commission (GBPSC) or the respective department's website where the job vacancy is advertised. Follow the instructions provided fo [...] Gilgit-Baltistan offers various public services online through its official government portals and websites. Citizens can access services such as utility bill payments, vehicle registration, land record verification, and more. Visit the official governmen