Survey General of India released new political map of India showing newly-formed Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh. It depicts 22 districts of J&K that includes Mirpur and Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.
The map also shows Union Territories of Ladakh that comprises of two districts of Leh and Kargil.
The Leh district encompasses erstwhiel districts of Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat, Tribal Territory, Chilhas and Leh and Ladakh.
The J&K includes Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Doda, Udhampur, Reasi, Ramban, Kishtwar, Rajouri, Poonch, Shopian, Kulgam, Srinagar, Pulwama, Budgam, Anantnag, Ganderbal, Bandipora, Kupwara, Baramulla, Mirpur and Muzaffarabad.
The districts of Kargil in the UT of Ladakh are carved out of area of Leh and Ladakh district as it was outlines in 1947.
During India’s independence the J&K state had fourteen districts and those were Kathua, Jammu, Udhampur, Anantnag, Reasi, Baramulla, Mirpur, Poonch, Muzaffarabad, Le and Ladakh, Ghilhas, Tribal Territory, Gilgit and Gilgit Wazarat.
Earlier this year J&K state government recognized areas of fourteen districts into 28 districts and those were Kupwara, Bandipur, Ganderbal, Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama, Shupian, Kulgam, Rajouri, Ramban, Doda, Kishtivar, Kargil and Samba.
The new Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh was created on 31 October 2019.
The UT of J&K is headed by lieutenant governor G C Murmu and UT of Ladakh by lieutenant governor R K Mathur.
In India’s post-independence history first time a state has been converted into two UTs.
With this there are 28 states and 9 UTs now in India.
UT of J&K is a legislature like Puducherry and UT of Ladakh is without it like Chandigarh.
