Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A historical region of northwest India and northeast Pakistan. Conquered by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1586, it later came under the control of Afghanistan (1757) and a Sikh empire (1819). After 1846 it was part of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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- proper noun A
region in thenorthern part of theIndian subcontinent , betweenIndia ,Pakistan andChina .
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- noun an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India
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Examples
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EPA KASHMIR RALLY: Kashmiri Muslim women were among hundreds waving flags and rallying Monday for Kashmir independence.
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Kashmir by Knowles '_Folk Tales of Kashmir_, pages 484-90, repeated in
Europa's Fairy Book Joseph Jacobs 1885
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HIZB UL MUJAHIDEEN JAMMO AND KASHMIR hizb ul mujahideen a group of freedom fighters in jammu and Kashmir.
WN.com - Articles related to Priyanka revives grandmother's tradition of holidays in Kashmir 2010
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Indian soldiers running to hide while many injured crying when they attacked by kashmir freedom fighters in Indian occupied Kashmir.
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Indian soldiers running to hide while many injured crying when they attacked by kashmir freedom fighters in Indian occupied Kashmir.
WN.com - Articles related to 100 peaks in Kashmir opened to foreigners 2010
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HIZB UL MUJAHIDEEN JAMMO AND KASHMIR hizb ul mujahideen a group of freedom fighters in jammu and Kashmir.
WN.com - Articles related to Priyanka revives grandmother's tradition of holidays in Kashmir 2010
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Indian soldiers running to hide while many injured crying when they attacked by kashmir freedom fighters in Indian occupied Kashmir.
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HIZB UL MUJAHIDEEN JAMMO AND KASHMIR hizb ul mujahideen a group of freedom fighters in jammu and Kashmir.
WN.com - Articles related to Priyanka revives grandmother's tradition of holidays in Kashmir 2010
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Fresh violence erupts in Kashmir Valley, 4 dead kashmir violence, ,Kashmir struggles for calm
WN.com - Articles related to UN chief sore over security situation in Kashmir 2010
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HIZB UL MUJAHIDEEN JAMMO AND KASHMIR hizb ul mujahideen a group of freedom fighters in jammu and Kashmir.
WN.com - Articles related to Priyanka revives grandmother's tradition of holidays in Kashmir 2010
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