Legislation
Abrogation of Article 370, 2019
India revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special constitutional status and reorganised it into two Union Territories.
What happened
On 5 August 2019, India revoked Article 370's special status provisions; on 9 August 2019, Parliament passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, bifurcating the state into two Union Territories.[1]
Sources for this page
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Claim: On 5 August 2019, the Indian government revoked the special constitutional status that Article 370 of the Indian Constitution had granted to Jammu and Kashmir; on 9 August 2019, the Indian Parliament passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, bifurcating the former state into two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, and abolishing the state's legislative council.
- Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (Wikipedia) link, Article 370 Abrogation Timeline and Reorganisation Act sections. Source record