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The Parliament has passed the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Bill,2019.The bill bifurcates the State into two separate union territories of Jammu and Kashmir(with legislature) and Ladakh (without legislature). However,the idea of dividing Jammu and Kashmir into two or more parts traces its origin to the Dixon Plan of 1950. Owen Dixon was an Australian jurist… Continue reading Idea of dividing Kashmir has a chequered history