Political Awakening in Jammu Region

The state of Jammu & Kashmir came into being as a political entity in 1846 with the treaty of Amritsar on 16th March 1846, between the British Indian Government and the Maharaja Gulab Singh. The three regions Kashmir, Jammu and Laddakh came under the rule of Gulab Singh, the Hindu Dogra Ruler. The state of Jammu and Kashmir occupies a position of great strategic importance in north-west of India. Geographically, it is divided into four natural divisions. The southern plains, the mountainous