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The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict between India, Pakistan and China over the Kashmir region. The dispute is over the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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The conflict has escalated into three wars between India and Pakistan and several other armed skirmishes. China has also been involved in the conflict in a third-party role.[7][8] Both India and Pakistan claimed the entirety of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, although Pakistan has recognized Chinese sovereignty over the Trans-Karakoram Tract and Aksai Chin since 1963.[9] India controls approximately 55% of the land area of the region and 70% of its population, Pakistan controls approximately 30% of the land, while China controls the remaining 15%.[10][11][12].
While since 1947 many people of the former princely state of Jammu And Kashmir have wanted a plebiscite for them to decide their own future, under the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 47 and 39 as agreed to by both India and Pakistan at the time.[13][14][15][16][17][18]}}
India administers Jammu, the Kashmir Valley, most of Ladakh while the Siachen Glacier is highest battlefield in the world [19][20][21][22][23] Pakistan administers Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. China administers the Aksai Chin region, the mostly uninhabited Trans-Karakoram Tract, and part of the Demchok sector.[24][9][25][26][27]