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There are hundreds of millitant groups in the state and the risk of being kidnapped is very real- four of the six
westerners were taken hostage in the Lidder valley near Pahalgam in 1995 have never been accounted for.
Bomb blasts and shootings are common on the streets of Jammu and Srinagar, and foreigners have been robbed at gunpoint. |
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Capital :Srinagar (summer) & Jammu (winter) Area : 2,22,236 sq km Population : 1 million Literacy : 54.46% Language : Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu and Ladakhi When to go : May to September State briefing : The Jammu and Kashmir is the integral part of India, the Kashmir valley, or Vale of Kashmir, is a fertile, verdant region enclosed by the high snow capped ridges of the Pir Panjal range to the west and south, and the main Himalaya range to the east. South of the Kashmir Valley is the region of Jammu.It includes the city of Jammu, situated on the north Indian plains, a short distance from the rolling Siwalik Hills. The region of Jammu is predominantly Hindu, although there are small muslim communities in the vicinity of Banihal and Kishtwar immidiately south of Kashmir Valley. |
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