If, as the result of a regional plebiscite, which offered the option of independence, the majority of the inhabitants of the Kashmir Valley chose independence and the majority of the inhabitants of Pakistani-administered Jammu and Kashmir, (excluding the Northern Areas) also chose independence, a smaller, independent Kashmir could be created by administratively joining these two areas together.
Although Pakistan has demanded a change in the status of the Kashmir Valley, it depends on water from the Mangla Reservoir in Pakistani-administered Jammu and Kashmir and would be unlikely to permit loss of control of the region.
Pakistan insisted instead that the forces were "freedom fighters" fighting for the liberation of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
In Srinagar, the summer capital of India 's northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, protesters shouted anti-U.S. slogans and pelted stones at passing cars.
Jammu and Kashmir is India's only Muslim-majority state and has been the scene of a violent insurgency against Indian rule since 1989.
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The gainers are Congress, India's main opposition party, which did well mainly in the Hindu-majority Jammu region, and the People's Democratic Party, whose base is the Muslim-dominated Kashmir Valley.
Only the Muslim-dominated Kashmir valley and adjacent parts of Jammu seem hellbent on secession.
Jadeja will return to the Jammu and Kashmir side he last represented in the first-class Ranji Trophy three summers ago.
India and Pakistan have resumed cross-border trade in the Jammu region more than a fortnight after ties were suspended following military tensions in Kashmir.
BBC: India and Pakistan resume cross-border trade in Kashmir
India and Pakistan are resuming cross-border trade and travel in the Jammu region more than a fortnight after ties were suspended following military tensions in Kashmir.
BBC: India and Pakistan resume cross-border travel in Kashmir
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