Jammu And Kashmir And Ladakh GK MCQ Question and Answer | State Gk MCQ

Raja Gulab Singh, under the suzerainty of Ranjit Singh sent his General Zorawar Singh to invade Ladakh in 1834. King Tshespal Namgyal was dethroned and exiled. Maharaja Gulab Singh, after crushing a rebellion in Ladakh, ceded the region into Dogra empire.

On 30^th March 1965, Karan Singh became the first Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.

In 1939, under Sheikh Abdullah's leadership, a special session of the Muslim Conference changed its name to National Conference and opened it to people of all religions.

Dogra rulers appointed Governor (Wazir) to look after the administration in Ladakh. Ladakh was divided into three Tehsils - Leh, Skardu and Kargil. Leh was made as Summer Capital and Skardu as Winter Capital of Ladakh for six months, alternatively.

On 26^th October 1947, the Instrument of Accession was signed by the then Governor-General Lord Mountbatten, by Sheikh Abdullah and by Mehr Chand Mahajan, the Prime Minister of Kashmir who represented Maharaja Hari Singh. India got the power to make laws for the state on mattes of defense, external affairs and communication.

Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru came to Kashmir in support of the movement, but he was also arrested by the orders of the Maharaja. This was followed by major protests, marches and demonstrations in the Valley of Kashmir.

In July 1949, a 'Line of Control' was defined between India and Pakistan. This line demarcated the boundary between India and Pakistan.

On 21^st September, 1931, Sheikh Abdullah was imprisoned along with other leaders in Hari Parbat Fort in Srinagar.

India gained freedom from British rule on 15^th August 1947. It was decided to divide India into two parts i.e. India and Pakistan. When India became independent, the ruler of a princely state could enter into a standstill agreement with either or both of the independent dominions, India and Pakistan. Maharaja Hari Singh could not decide at that time as there were lot of conflicts faced between Hindus and Muslims. Finding the Maharaja hesitant in joining, Pakistan engineered a massive raid into Kashmir by her tribal people on 22^th October, 1947.

In 1834, Gulab Singh sent his ablest general Zorawar Singh to take control of all the territory between Jammu and the Tibet border. Zorawar Singh's conquest of Ladakh broke the Kashmiri - Ladakhi monopoly on Tibet trade and the Tibetan pashmina wool started finding its way into British territory.