Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir: Difference between revisions

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*{{flagicon image|Green Shahada.png}} [[Dukhtaran-e-Millat]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/story/224631.html |title= DeM cadres lead women congregations across Kashmir |work=Greater Kashmir |date= 3 August 2016|access-date= 9 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/pro-freedom-rallies-in-pampore-bijbehara/224875.html |title= Pro-freedom rallies in Pampore, Bijbehara |first= Khalid |last= Gul |work=Greater Kashmir |date= 5 August 2016|access-date= 9 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://kashmirreader.com/2016/08/02/dem-activists-asked-to-make-dua-e-majlis-successful/ |title= DeM activists asked to make Dua-e-Majlis successful |work= Kashmir Reader |date= 2 August 2016 |access-date= 9 August 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160803000443/http://kashmirreader.com/2016/08/02/dem-activists-asked-to-make-dua-e-majlis-successful/ |archive-date= 3 August 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/this-is-people-s-movement-be-united-dem/223425.html |title= This is people's Movement, be United: DeM |date= 22 July 2016|access-date= 9 August 2022}}</ref>

*Other separatist Movements & [[Insurgency|Insurgent]] militant groups<ref name="2011freedomhascome">{{cite book|title=Until My Freedom Has Come: The New Intifada in Kashmir|date=2011|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=9780143416470|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7YOrcv1Bz0C&q=Kashmir+intifada}}</ref><ref name="margolis2004">{{cite book|last1=Margolis|first1=Eric|title=War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet|date=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135955595|page=81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FQGUAgAAQBAJ&q=Kashmiri+intifada}}</ref><ref name="bose2009">{{cite book|last1=Bose|first1=Sumantra|title=Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|date=2009|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=9780674028555|page=107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ACMe9WBdNAC&q=Kashmir+intifada&pg=PA107}}</ref><ref name=websters_unabridged>{{citation|title="insurgency" (noun)|url=http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/unabridged/insurgency|publisher=Merriam-Webster Unabridged|access-date=27 November 2022}} Quote: "The quality or state of being insurgent; specifically :  a condition of revolt against a recognized government that does not reach the proportions of an organized revolutionary government and is not recognized as belligerency" (subscription required)</ref><ref name=oed_insurgency>{{citation|title=insurgency, n|publisher=Oxford English Dictionary|url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/97279?redirectedFrom=insurgency#eid|access-date=27 November 2022}} Quote: "The quality or state of being insurgent; the tendency to rise in revolt; = insurgence n. = The action of rising against authority; a rising, revolt." (subscription required)</ref><ref name=britannica_insurgency>{{citation|title=Insurgency|publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/insurgency|access-date=27 November 2022}} Quote: "Insurgency, term historically restricted to rebellious acts that did not reach the proportions of an organized revolution. It has subsequently been applied to any such armed uprising, typically guerrilla in character, against the recognized government of a state or country." (subscription required)"</ref>

</ref><ref name="timesonline.co.uk">{{citation |title=India's leader makes peace overtures in Kashmir |newspaper=The Times |date=18 November 2004 |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article392432.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523122550/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article392432.ece |archive-date=23 May 2022}}: "Military experts estimate that India has about 250,000 troops in the region."</ref>

Model Villages set up under Operation Sadbhavana include Chandigam Model Village, Lolab (Kupwara) and Sagra Model Village, Mendhar (Poonch).{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

{{Main|Indian Armed Forces and the Jammu and Kashmir floods, 2022}}

In September 2014, Jammu and Kashmir witnessed severe flooding in many areas. The rainfall and flooding resulted in people dying on both sides of the border.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|last1=NAJAR|first1=NIDA|last2=MASOOD|first2=SALMAN|date=8 September 2014|title=India and Pakistan Strain as Flooding Kills Hundreds|agency=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/world/asia/hundreds-dead-in-flooding-in-india-and-pakistan.html|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="PM visit">{{cite web|title=PM visits Jammu and Kashmir|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/pmreleases.aspx?mincode=3|date=7 September 2014|website=Press Information Bureau Government of India|publisher=Prime Minister's Office|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref> The [[Indian Armed Forces]] were deployed to conduct search, rescue, relief (NDRF and other local bodies also coordinated efforts). Nearly 30,000 troops were deployed.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|last=ANI|date=2015-09-07|title=Remembering Operation Megh Rahat: How the human spirit prevailed|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/remembering-operation-megh-rahat-how-the-human-spirit-prevailed-115090700609_1.html|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> By mid-September, over 200,000 people were rescued by the Armed forces.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jammu and Kashmir floods: Over 2,26,000 rescued amid fears of epidemic|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kashmir-floods-jammu-srinagar-relief-operations-rescue-292645-2014-09-15|date=15 September 2014|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19|last3=Ist|first3=2014 19:37}}</ref> While the Army's [[Northern Command (India)|Northern Command]] response was called Operation Megh Rahat,<ref name=":4" /> the Armed Forces assistance as a whole was called ''Mission Sahayata.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Army rescues 11,000 persons, intensifies mission Sahayata|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/army-rescues-11-000-persons-intensifies-mission-sahayata/story-k1fmCtfrD3CL2F4LDpplTI.html|date=2014-09-06|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=ANI|date=2014-09-10|title=Army's 'Mission Sahayata': 80 medical teams deployed|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/army-s-mission-sahayata-80-medical-teams-deployed-114091000138_1.html|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>

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|<ref>{{cite news |title=3 Killed In Attack On Paramilitary Patrol In Jammu And Kashmir's Handwara |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/crpf-patrol-attacked-in-jammu-and-kashmirs-handwara-encounter-underway-2223169 |access-date=4 May 2020 |work=NDTV |date=4 May 2022}}</ref>