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href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B9_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="লেহ জিলা – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="লেহ জিলা" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B9_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="লেহ জেলা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="লেহ জেলা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leh_(ko%C4%81n)" title="Leh (koān) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Leh (koān)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B9_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="लेह जिला – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="लेह जिला" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leh_District" title="Leh District – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Leh District" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9h_(okres)" title="Léh (okres) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Léh (okres)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leh_(Distrikt)" title="Leh (Distrikt) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Leh (Distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_de_Leh" title="Distrito de Leh – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito de Leh" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%87%D9%87" title="بخش لیهه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخش لیهه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_de_Leh" title="District de Leh – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="District de Leh" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B9_%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8B" title="લેહ જિલ્લો – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="લેહ જિલ્લો" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B9_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="लेह ज़िला – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="लेह ज़िला" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distretto_di_Leh" title="Distretto di Leh – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Distretto di Leh" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B9_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE" title="लेह जिल्हा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="लेह जिल्हा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D9%87_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87" title="مقاطعه ليه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مقاطعه ليه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leh_(district)" title="Leh (district) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Leh (district)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B9_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="लेह जिल्ला – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="लेह जिल्ला" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leh_(distrikt)" title="Leh (distrikt) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Leh (distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%D9%84%DB%81" title="ضلع لہ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع لہ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9_(distrito)" title="Lé (distrito) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lé (distrito)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%85_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Лех (округ) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Лех (округ)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="लेहमण्डलम् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="लेहमण्डलम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%A6_%E1%B1%A6%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9B" title="ᱞᱮᱦ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱞᱮᱦ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leh_district" title="Leh district – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Leh district" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%BE_%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%88" title="ليھ ضلعو – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ليھ ضلعو" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leh_(distrikt)" title="Leh (distrikt) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Leh (distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%87_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="லே மாவட்டம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="லே மாவட்டம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BE" title="లేహ్ జిల్లా – Telugu" 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leh_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View of Leh Town"><img alt="View of Leh Town" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Leh_02.jpg/250px-Leh_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Leh_02.jpg/375px-Leh_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Leh_02.jpg/500px-Leh_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5206" data-file-height="3471" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">View of Leh Town</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 300px; height: 170px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="170" data-zoom="4" 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region[1]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Kashmir_region._LOC_2003626427_-_showing_sub-regions_administered_by_different_countries.jpg/250px-Kashmir_region._LOC_2003626427_-_showing_sub-regions_administered_by_different_countries.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Kashmir_region._LOC_2003626427_-_showing_sub-regions_administered_by_different_countries.jpg/375px-Kashmir_region._LOC_2003626427_-_showing_sub-regions_administered_by_different_countries.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Kashmir_region._LOC_2003626427_-_showing_sub-regions_administered_by_different_countries.jpg/500px-Kashmir_region._LOC_2003626427_-_showing_sub-regions_administered_by_different_countries.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4597" data-file-height="4920" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">A map showing Indian-administered <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> (shaded in <a href="/wiki/Tan_(color)" title="Tan (color)">tan</a> in the disputed <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a> region<sup id="cite_ref-tertiary-kashmir_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tertiary-kashmir-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates (Leh): <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Leh_district&params=33_38_N_77_46_E_type:adm2nd_region:IN_dim:200000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°38′N</span> <span class="longitude">77°46′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.633°N 77.767°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">33.633; 77.767</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administering country</th><td class="infobox-data">India</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">Union Territory</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Headquarters" title="Headquarters">Headquarters</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leh" title="Leh">Leh</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1 July 1979</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leh" title="Leh">Leh</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Tehsils_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehsils of India">Tehsils</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b>Leh, Khaltsi, Nyoma, Kharu, Diskit Nubra, Saspol, Durbuk and Sumoor</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/District_magistrate_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="District magistrate (India)">Deputy Commissioner</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Mr. Santosh Sukhadeve <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Ladakh_Autonomous_Hill_Development_Council,_Leh" title="Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh">Chief Executive Councillor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Tashi Gyalson, <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha Constituency</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ladakh_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)">Ladakh</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">MP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mohmad_Haneefa" title="Mohmad Haneefa">Mohmad Haneefa</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">45,110 km<sup>2</sup> (17,420 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">133,487 (2,011)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">45,671</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">Literacy</a></th><td class="infobox-data">77.2%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Human_sex_ratio" title="Human sex ratio">Sex ratio</a></th><td class="infobox-data">690 <a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">♀</a>/ 1000 <a href="/wiki/Male" title="Male">♂</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Spoken</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ladakhi_language" title="Ladakhi language">Ladakhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balti_language" title="Balti language">Balti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brokskat" title="Brokskat">Brokskat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tibetic_languages" title="Tibetic languages">Tibetan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindi/Urdu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi/Urdu">Hindi/Urdu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:30" title="UTC+05:30">UTC+05:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">LA-01</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://leh.nic.in/">leh<wbr />.nic<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Leh district</b> is a district in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a>-administered <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kashmir#Dispute" title="Kashmir">disputed</a> <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a>-region.<sup id="cite_ref-tertiary-kashmir_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tertiary-kashmir-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ladakh is an Indian-administered <a href="/wiki/Union_territory" title="Union territory">union territory</a>. With an area of 45,110 <i>km</i><sup><i>2</i></sup>, it is the second largest district in the country, second only to <a href="/wiki/Kutch_district" title="Kutch district">Kutch</a>. It is bounded on the north by <a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kharmang_District" title="Kharmang District">Kharmang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ghanche_District" title="Ghanche District">Ghanche</a> districts and <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kashgar_Prefecture" title="Kashgar Prefecture">Kashgar Prefecture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hotan_Prefecture" title="Hotan Prefecture">Hotan Prefecture</a>, to which it connects via the historic <a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Pass" title="Karakoram Pass">Karakoram Pass</a>. <a href="/wiki/Aksai_Chin" title="Aksai Chin">Aksai Chin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a> are to the east, <a href="/wiki/Kargil_district" title="Kargil district">Kargil district</a> to the west, and <a href="/wiki/Lahaul_and_Spiti_district" title="Lahaul and Spiti district">Lahul and Spiti</a> to the south. The district headquarters is in <a href="/wiki/Leh" title="Leh">Leh</a>. It lies between <a href="/wiki/32nd_parallel_north" title="32nd parallel north">32</a> and <a href="/wiki/36th_parallel_north" title="36th parallel north">36 degree</a> north latitude and <a href="/wiki/75th_meridian_east" title="75th meridian east">75</a> to <a href="/wiki/80th_meridian_east" title="80th meridian east">80 degree</a> east longitude. </p><p>All of Ladakh was under the administration of Leh until 1 July 1979, when the Kargil and Leh administrative districts were created. Religion has been a source of grievance between Buddhists and Muslims since the late 20th century and contributed to this division.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, the district was declared a tobacco-free zone. The Directorate of Health Services Kashmir, under the National Tobacco Control Programme, began working towards the designation early in 2017 and the status was declared in August. Rehana Kousar (in-charge, NTCP, Kashmir) said that work was done with civil society, religious and women's groups and that a "major success was achieved by the involvement of women in the anti-tobacco campaign."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a> passed the <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Reorganisation_Bill,_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019">act</a> that contained provisions to make Leh a district of the new union territory of <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a>, which was formed 31 October 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-Business_Today_2019-08-06_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Business_Today_2019-08-06-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leh district has seven sub-divisions and twelve tehsils. The sub-divisions are: <a href="/wiki/Nubra_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Nubra Valley">Nubra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durbuk" title="Durbuk">Durbuk</a> (Durbok), <a href="/wiki/Khalatse" title="Khalatse">Khalatse</a> (Khaltsi/Khalsi), <a href="/wiki/Leh" title="Leh">Leh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kharoo" title="Kharoo">Kharoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Likir" title="Likir">Likir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nyoma" title="Nyoma">Nyoma</a>. The tehsils are: <a href="/wiki/Sumoor" title="Sumoor">Sumoor</a>,and <a href="/wiki/Diskit" title="Diskit">Diskit</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nubra_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Nubra Valley">Nubra Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durbuk" title="Durbuk">Durbuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khalatse" title="Khalatse">Khalatse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suspol,_Leh" title="Suspol, Leh">Saspol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leh" title="Leh">Leh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kharoo" title="Kharoo">Kharoo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nyoma" title="Nyoma">Nyoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-leh_div_4_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leh_div_4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="subdivision"></span><span class="anchor" id="tehsil"></span><span class="anchor" id="block"></span> </p> <div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 300px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 300px; height: 300px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="300" data-zoom="6" data-lat="34.06" data-lon="77.92" data-overlays="["_da2fa432b7d0bba89c99224f13065eb5bdf15132"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/6/34.06/77.92/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,6,34.06,77.92,300x300.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Leh_district&revid=1257427688&groups=_da2fa432b7d0bba89c99224f13065eb5bdf15132" width="300" height="300" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,6,34.06,77.92,300x300@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Leh_district&revid=1257427688&groups=_da2fa432b7d0bba89c99224f13065eb5bdf15132 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption"><b>Leh district</b> in Ladakh</div></div></div> <p>As a result of <i>The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Removal of Difficulties) Second Order, 2019</i>, Leh district claimed <a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a> jurisdiction over the following areas of Pakistani-administered Kashmir: Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat, Chilas, and Tribal territory,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it only slightly smaller than the country of Tunisia. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ladakh_Autonomous_Hill_Development_Council,_Leh" title="Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh">Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh</a> (LAHDC Leh) is the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_regions_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous regions of India">Autonomous District Council</a> that administers the Leh district.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of July 2019, Leh district is divided into 7 sub-divisions (new sub-divisions in Leh), 12 <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">tehsils</a> (new tehsils in Panamik, Turtuk, Chuchot and Likir) and 18 new blocks in Sumoor and Likir (<a href="/wiki/Community_development_block_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Community development block in India">blocks</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-leh_div_1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leh_div_1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-leh_div_4_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leh_div_4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4"><big>Sub–divisions, Blocks and Villages in Leh</big><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>District </th> <th scope="col">Sub-Division </th> <th scope="col">Blocks </th> <th scope="col">Villages </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="16">Leh district </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Khalatse" title="Khalatse">Khaltsi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khalatse" title="Khalatse">Khaltsi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanji,_Ladakh" title="Kanji, Ladakh">Kanji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khalatse" title="Khalatse">Khaltsi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lamayouro" title="Lamayouro">Lamayuru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leido" title="Leido">Leh Dho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nurla" title="Nurla">Nurla</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Skindiang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Skindiang (page does not exist)">Skindiang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Takmachik" title="Takmachik">Takmachik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Temisgam" title="Temisgam">Temisgam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tia,_Leh" title="Tia, Leh">Tia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Singaylalok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Singaylalok (page does not exist)">Singaylalok</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fotoksar" class="mw-redirect" title="Fotoksar">Fotoksar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lingshet" title="Lingshet">Lingshet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wanla" title="Wanla">Wanla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Youl_Chung" title="Youl Chung">Youl Chung</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Skur_Buchan" title="Skur Buchan">Skurbuchan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dah,_Ladakh" title="Dah, Ladakh">Dah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Damkhar" class="mw-redirect" title="Damkhar">Damkhar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hanu,_Ladakh" title="Hanu, Ladakh">Hanoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skur_Buchan" title="Skur Buchan">Skur Buchan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Leh" title="Leh">Leh</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuchot_valley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chuchot valley (page does not exist)">Chuchot</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuchat_Yakma" title="Chuchat Yakma">Chuchot Yakma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chuchot_Gongma" title="Chuchot Gongma">Chuchot Gongma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chuchot_Shama" title="Chuchot Shama">Chuchot Shama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mathoo" title="Mathoo">Mathoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stakna" title="Stakna">Stakna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stok" title="Stok">Stok</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Leh" title="Leh">Leh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phey" title="Phey">Phey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saboo,_Leh" title="Saboo, Leh">Saboo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fiang" title="Fiang">Phyang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spituk" title="Spituk">Spituk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Choglamsar" title="Choglamsar">Choglamsar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiksey" title="Thiksey">Thiksay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nang,_Leh" title="Nang, Leh">Nang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rambir_Por" title="Rambir Por">Rambir Por</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shey" title="Shey">Shey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thiksey" title="Thiksey">Thiksey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Nubra" title="Nubra">Nubra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diskit" title="Diskit">Diskit</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Digger,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Digger, Leh">Diger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Disket" class="mw-redirect" title="Disket">Disket</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hundar,_India" title="Hundar, India">Hundar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hundar_Dok" title="Hundar Dok">Hundar Dok</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hundri" title="Hundri">Hundri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khalsar,_India" title="Khalsar, India">Khalsar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khardong,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Khardong, Leh">Khardong</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Khema_Khungru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khema Khungru (page does not exist)">Khema Khungru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lakjung" title="Lakjung">Lakjung</a>, <a href="/wiki/Largiab" title="Largiab">Largiab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Partap_Pore" title="Partap Pore">Partapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skanpuk" title="Skanpuk">Skanpuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skuru" title="Skuru">Skuru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tangyar" title="Tangyar">Tangyar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terchey" title="Terchey">Terchey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Udmaru" title="Udmaru">Udmaru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warisfistan" title="Warisfistan">Warisfistan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Panamic" title="Panamic">Panamic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chamshan_Charasa" title="Chamshan Charasa">Chamshan Charasa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khemi" title="Khemi">Khemi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kubed,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Kubed, Leh">Kubed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panamic" title="Panamic">Panamic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sumoor" title="Sumoor">Sumoor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tegar" title="Tegar">Tiggar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Turtuk" title="Turtuk">Turtuk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bogdang" title="Bogdang">Bogdang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chalunka" title="Chalunka">Chulungkha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Takshi" title="Takshi">Taksi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thang,_Ladakh" title="Thang, Ladakh">Thanga Chathang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turtok" class="mw-redirect" title="Turtok">Turtok</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Durbok" class="mw-redirect" title="Durbok">Durbuk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Durbok" class="mw-redirect" title="Durbok">Durbuk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chushul" title="Chushul">Chushul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durbok" class="mw-redirect" title="Durbok">Durbuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kargyam" title="Kargyam">Kargyam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Man_Pangong" title="Man Pangong">Man Pangong</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shachukul&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shachukul (page does not exist)">Shachukul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tangste" class="mw-redirect" title="Tangste">Tangste</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kharoo" title="Kharoo">Kharu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kharoo" title="Kharoo">Kharu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Changa,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Changa, Leh">Changa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chemrey" title="Chemrey">Chemday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gia,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Gia, Leh">Gia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hemis" title="Hemis">Hemis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Igoo" title="Igoo">Igoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khargu" class="mw-redirect" title="Khargu">Khargu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Langokor" title="Langokor">Langokor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matselang" title="Matselang">Matselang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meroo,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Meroo, Leh"> Miru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phuktse" title="Phuktse">Phuktse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sakti,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakti, Leh">Serthi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shang,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Shang, Leh">Shang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shara,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Shara, Leh">Shara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sharnose" title="Sharnose">Sharnose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upshi" title="Upshi">Upshi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Likir" title="Likir">Likir</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nimo,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Nimo, Leh">Nimoo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bazgoo" title="Bazgoo">Bazgoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiling_Sumda" title="Chiling Sumda">Chiling Sumda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Likir" title="Likir">Likir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ney,_Leh" title="Ney, Leh">Ney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nimo,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Nimo, Leh">Nimoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rumbak" title="Rumbak">Rumbak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skiumarkha" title="Skiumarkha">Skiumarkha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taroo" title="Taroo">Taroo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Umla" title="Umla">Umla</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Suspol,_Leh" title="Suspol, Leh">Saspol</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alchi" title="Alchi">Alchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giramangu" title="Giramangu">Giramangu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saspochey" title="Saspochey">Saspochey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suspol,_Leh" title="Suspol, Leh">Suspol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tarhipti" title="Tarhipti">Tarhipti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hemis_Shukpachan" title="Hemis Shukpachan">Hemishok Pachan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Nyoma" title="Nyoma">Nyoma</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nyoma" title="Nyoma">Nyoma</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anlay" title="Anlay">Anlay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Demchok,_Ladakh" title="Demchok, Ladakh">Demjok</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koyul" title="Koyul">Koyul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mood,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mood, Leh">Mood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nyoma" title="Nyoma">Nyoma</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rong_valley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rong valley (page does not exist)">Rong</a>-Chumathang </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chumathang" title="Chumathang">Chumathang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himya" title="Himya">Himya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerey" title="Kerey">Kerey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kumgyam" title="Kumgyam">Kumgyam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liktse" title="Liktse">Liktse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skitmang" title="Skitmang">Skitmang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tarchit" title="Tarchit">Tarchit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teri,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Teri, Leh">Teri, Leh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tukla,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Tukla, Leh">Tukla</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rupshu" title="Rupshu">Rupsho</a>-<a href="/w/index.php?title=Puga_valley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Puga valley (page does not exist)">Puga</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karzok" title="Karzok">Karzok</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kharnak" title="Kharnak">Kharnak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samad_Rakchan" title="Samad Rakchan">Samad Rakchan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>7 </th> <th>16 </th> <th>113 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:360px; background: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,white); color: var(--color-base,black)"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:none"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Sex Ratio in Leh District in 2011 Census.<sup id="cite_ref-census2011-C01_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-C01-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(no. females per 1,000 males)</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion (and population)</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Sex Ratio</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-right:0.4em; padding-left:0.4em">Buddhist (pop 88,635)</td> <td style="border-left:solid 1px silver;border-right:solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:yellow; width:101.356px; overflow:hidden"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="min-width:3em;padding-left:0.4em; text-align:right">1,014 </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-right:0.4em; padding-left:0.4em">Hindu (pop 22,882)</td> <td style="border-left:solid 1px silver;border-right:solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:orange; width:4.208px; overflow:hidden"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="min-width:3em;padding-left:0.4em; text-align:right">42 </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-right:0.4em; padding-left:0.4em">Muslim (pop 19,057)</td> <td style="border-left:solid 1px silver;border-right:solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:81.616px; overflow:hidden"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="min-width:3em;padding-left:0.4em; text-align:right">816 </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-right:0.4em; padding-left:0.4em">Other (pop 2,913)</td> <td style="border-left:solid 1px silver;border-right:solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:grey; width:16.473px; overflow:hidden"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="min-width:3em;padding-left:0.4em; text-align:right">165 </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-right:0.4em; padding-left:0.4em">Total (pop 133,487)</td> <td style="border-left:solid 1px silver;border-right:solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:69.033px; overflow:hidden"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="min-width:3em;padding-left:0.4em; text-align:right">690 </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2011_census_of_India" title="2011 census of India">2011 census</a> Leh district had a <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_India" title="Demographics of India">population</a> of 133,487,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> roughly equal to the nation of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cia_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This gives it a ranking of 609th in India (out of a total of <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of India">640</a>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The district has a population density of 3 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi). Its <a href="/wiki/Family_planning_in_India" title="Family planning in India">population growth rate</a> over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.87%, (it was 30.15% for 1991–2001).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Leh has a <a href="/wiki/Sex_ratio" title="Sex ratio">sex ratio</a> of 690 <a href="/wiki/Women_in_India" title="Women in India">females</a> for every 1000 males (this varies with religion), and a <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">literacy rate</a> of 77.2%.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,white); color: var(--color-base,black)"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#FCD116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religion in Leh district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-census2011-C01_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-C01-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent(%)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" title="Tibetan Buddhism">Buddhism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Gold; width:66.40%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">66.40%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:17.14%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">17.14%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_India" title="Islam in India">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:14.28%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">14.28%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkkhaki; width:0.82%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.82%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:1.36%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.36%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10">Leh district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.<sup id="cite_ref-census2011-C01_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-C01-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <th> </th> <th>Hindu </th> <th>Muslim </th> <th>Christian </th> <th>Sikh </th> <th>Buddhist </th> <th>Jain </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Not stated </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;">Total </td> <td>22,882</td> <td>19,057</td> <td>658</td> <td>1,092</td> <td>88,635</td> <td>103</td> <td>54</td> <td>1,006</td> <td>133,487 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"> <td>17.14%</td> <td>14.28%</td> <td>0.49%</td> <td>0.82%</td> <td>66.40%</td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0.75%</td> <td>100.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="10"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"> <td style="text-align:left;">Male </td> <td>21,958</td> <td>10,493</td> <td>469</td> <td>1,018</td> <td>44,019</td> <td>49</td> <td>29</td> <td>936</td> <td>78,971 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"> <td style="text-align:left;">Female </td> <td>924</td> <td>8,564</td> <td>189</td> <td>74</td> <td>44,616</td> <td>54</td> <td>25</td> <td>70</td> <td>54,516 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"> <td style="text-align:left;">Gender ratio (% female) </td> <td>4.0%</td> <td>44.9%</td> <td>28.7%</td> <td>6.8%</td> <td>50.3%</td> <td>52.4%</td> <td>46.3%</td> <td>7.0%</td> <td>40.8% </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center"> <td style="text-align:left;">Sex ratio <br /><small>(no. females per 1,000 males)</small> </td> <td>42</td> <td>816</td> <td>403</td> <td>73</td> <td>1,014</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>75</td> <td>690 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="10"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"> <td style="text-align:left;">Urban </td> <td>14,542</td> <td>5,169</td> <td>358</td> <td>927</td> <td>24,023</td> <td>24</td> <td>53</td> <td>575</td> <td>45,671 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"> <td style="text-align:left;">Rural </td> <td>8,340</td> <td>13,888</td> <td>300</td> <td>165</td> <td>64,612</td> <td>79</td> <td>1</td> <td>431</td> <td>87,816 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"> <td style="text-align:left;">% Urban </td> <td>63.6%</td> <td>27.1%</td> <td>54.4%</td> <td>84.9%</td> <td>27.1%</td> <td>23.3%</td> <td>98.1%</td> <td>57.2%</td> <td>34.2% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:grey; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 227.9360545771px; border-left-color:sandybrown"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:sandybrown"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:sandybrown"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 193.54748669442px; border-left-color:red"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:red"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:red"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; 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top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 54.730254426204px; border-left-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:orange"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:95.523706417787px 29.584142918266px 0 0; border-top-color:seagreen"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:seagreen"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Languages of Leh district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-census2011-C16_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-C16-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:seagreen; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Ladakhi_language" title="Ladakhi language">Ladakhi</a> (70.22%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> (12.75%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:lightseagreen; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Balti_language" title="Balti language">Balti</a> (3.95%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:royalblue; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Tibetic_languages" title="Tibetic languages">Tibetan</a> (3.46%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:pink; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a> (1.02%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> (1.01%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:sandybrown; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a> (1.01%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Others (6.58%)</div> </div> </div></div><p><a href="/wiki/Ladakhi_language" title="Ladakhi language">Ladakhi</a> is the most spoken language, and Hindi/Urdu is the second-largest language, mainly spoken in Leh. <a href="/wiki/Balti_language" title="Balti language">Balti</a> is found in <a href="/wiki/Nubra" title="Nubra">Nubra</a> near the boundary with Gilgit-Baltistan. <a href="/wiki/Tibetic_languages" title="Tibetic languages">Tibetan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a> are all mainly spoken in Leh. <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> and <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> are widely understood in Leh.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary_Constituency">Parliamentary Constituency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Parliamentary Constituency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The district falls under <a href="/wiki/Ladakh_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)">Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)</a>. The present <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) of Ladakh is <a href="/wiki/Mohmad_Haneefa" title="Mohmad Haneefa">Mohmad Haneefa</a> (independent candidate). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assembly_constituencies">Assembly constituencies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Assembly constituencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leh district had two assembly constituencies, Nubra and Leh under Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since Ladakh is a union territory without a legislature, it does not currently have a legislative assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autonomous_Hill_Council">Autonomous Hill Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Autonomous Hill Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leh District is administered by an elected body known as the <a href="/wiki/Ladakh_Autonomous_Hill_Development_Council,_Leh" title="Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh">Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh</a>. The LAHDC was established in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The latest elections were held in October 2020. The BJP secured 15 seats while the INC won 9 and the Independents won 2. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leh is connected to the rest of India by two high-altitude roads both of which are subject to landslides and neither of which are passable in winter when covered by deep snows. The <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_1D_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway 1D (India)">National Highway 1D</a> from <a href="/wiki/Srinagar" title="Srinagar">Srinagar</a> via <a href="/wiki/Kargil" title="Kargil">Kargil</a> is generally open longer. The <a href="/wiki/Leh-Manali_Highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Leh-Manali Highway">Leh-Manali Highway</a> can be troublesome due to very high passes and plateaus, and the lower but landslide-prone Rohtang Pass near <a href="/wiki/Manali,_Himachal_Pradesh" title="Manali, Himachal Pradesh">Manali</a>. The third road axis is under construction. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_1_(India)" title="National Highway 1 (India)">National Highway 1</a></li></ul> <p>The overland approach to Ladakh from the Kashmir valley via the 434-km. <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_1_(India)" title="National Highway 1 (India)">National Highway 1</a> typically remains open for traffic from June to October/November. The most dramatic part of this road journey is the ascent up the 3,505 m (11,500 ft.) high <a href="/wiki/Zoji-la" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoji-la">Zoji-la</a>, a tortuous pass in the Great Himalayan Wall. The <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation">Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation</a> (JKSRTC) operates regular Deluxe and Ordinary bus services between Srinagar and Leh on this route with an overnight halt at Kargil. Taxis (cars and jeeps) are also available at Srinagar for the journey. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_3_(India)" title="National Highway 3 (India)">National Highway 3</a> or <a href="/wiki/Leh-Manali_Highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Leh-Manali Highway">Leh-Manali Highway</a></li></ul> <p>Since 1989, the 473-km Leh-Manali Highway has been serving as the second land approach to Ladakh. Open for traffic from June to late October, this high road traverses the upland desert plateaux of Rupsho whose altitude ranges from 3,660 m to 4,570 m. There are a number of high passes en route among which the highest one, known as <a href="/wiki/Tanglang_La" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanglang La">Tanglang La</a>, is sometimes (but incorrectly) claimed to be the world's second-highest motorable pass at an altitude of 5,325 m. (17,469 feet).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nimmu%E2%80%93Padam%E2%80%93Darcha_road" class="mw-redirect" title="Nimmu–Padam–Darcha road">Nimmu–Padam–Darcha road</a></li></ul> <p>This is the third road axis to Leh. It is currently under construction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IXL_Front_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/IXL_Front_2010.jpg/220px-IXL_Front_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/IXL_Front_2010.jpg/330px-IXL_Front_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/IXL_Front_2010.jpg/440px-IXL_Front_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kushok_Bakula_Rimpochee_Airport" title="Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport">Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Leh's <a href="/wiki/Leh_Kushok_Bakula_Rimpochee_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport">Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport</a> has flights to Delhi at least daily on <a href="/wiki/Air_India" title="Air India">Air India</a> which also provides twice-weekly services to <a href="/wiki/Jammu" title="Jammu">Jammu</a> and a weekly flight to <a href="/wiki/Srinagar" title="Srinagar">Srinagar</a>. Passengers connect in <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> for other destinations. <a href="/wiki/Go_First" title="Go First">Go First</a> operates <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> to Leh daily flights during peak time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is no railway service currently in Ladakh, however, 2 railway routes are proposed- the <a href="/wiki/Bhanupli%E2%80%93Leh_line" title="Bhanupli–Leh line">Bhanupli–Leh line</a> and Srinagar–Kargil–Leh line.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thiksey,_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Indus_River_Valley,_Ladakh,_North_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Indus River Valley in Thiksey"><img alt="Indus River Valley in Thiksey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Thiksey%2C_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Indus_River_Valley%2C_Ladakh%2C_North_India.jpg/120px-Thiksey%2C_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Indus_River_Valley%2C_Ladakh%2C_North_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Thiksey%2C_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Indus_River_Valley%2C_Ladakh%2C_North_India.jpg/180px-Thiksey%2C_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Indus_River_Valley%2C_Ladakh%2C_North_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Thiksey%2C_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Indus_River_Valley%2C_Ladakh%2C_North_India.jpg/240px-Thiksey%2C_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Indus_River_Valley%2C_Ladakh%2C_North_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Indus_River" title="Indus River">Indus River</a> Valley in Thiksey</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leh,_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Ladakh,_India,_Trans-Himalaya.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Indus Valley in Leh"><img alt="Indus Valley in Leh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Leh%2C_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Ladakh%2C_India%2C_Trans-Himalaya.jpg/120px-Leh%2C_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Ladakh%2C_India%2C_Trans-Himalaya.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Leh%2C_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Ladakh%2C_India%2C_Trans-Himalaya.jpg/180px-Leh%2C_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Ladakh%2C_India%2C_Trans-Himalaya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Leh%2C_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Ladakh%2C_India%2C_Trans-Himalaya.jpg/240px-Leh%2C_Tibetan_Buddhism_in_Ladakh%2C_India%2C_Trans-Himalaya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Indus Valley in Leh</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khardung_La_(pass),_Mountains,_Indus_River_Valley,_Ladakh,_North_India,_Himalayas.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Khardung La pass in Ladakh Range"><img alt="Khardung La pass in Ladakh Range" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Khardung_La_%28pass%29%2C_Mountains%2C_Indus_River_Valley%2C_Ladakh%2C_North_India%2C_Himalayas.jpg/120px-Khardung_La_%28pass%29%2C_Mountains%2C_Indus_River_Valley%2C_Ladakh%2C_North_India%2C_Himalayas.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Khardung_La_%28pass%29%2C_Mountains%2C_Indus_River_Valley%2C_Ladakh%2C_North_India%2C_Himalayas.jpg/180px-Khardung_La_%28pass%29%2C_Mountains%2C_Indus_River_Valley%2C_Ladakh%2C_North_India%2C_Himalayas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Khardung_La_%28pass%29%2C_Mountains%2C_Indus_River_Valley%2C_Ladakh%2C_North_India%2C_Himalayas.jpg/240px-Khardung_La_%28pass%29%2C_Mountains%2C_Indus_River_Valley%2C_Ladakh%2C_North_India%2C_Himalayas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Khardung_La" title="Khardung La">Khardung La</a> pass in Ladakh Range</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leh-Manali_Highway,_Rock_formations,_Ladakh,_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rock formations along Leh-Manali Highway"><img alt="Rock formations along Leh-Manali Highway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Leh-Manali_Highway%2C_Rock_formations%2C_Ladakh%2C_India.jpg/120px-Leh-Manali_Highway%2C_Rock_formations%2C_Ladakh%2C_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Leh-Manali_Highway%2C_Rock_formations%2C_Ladakh%2C_India.jpg/180px-Leh-Manali_Highway%2C_Rock_formations%2C_Ladakh%2C_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Leh-Manali_Highway%2C_Rock_formations%2C_Ladakh%2C_India.jpg/240px-Leh-Manali_Highway%2C_Rock_formations%2C_Ladakh%2C_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rock formations along <a href="/wiki/Leh-Manali_Highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Leh-Manali Highway">Leh-Manali Highway</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leh,_Mountain_view_in_the_evening,_Ladakh,_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mountain peaks around Leh"><img alt="Mountain peaks around Leh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Leh%2C_Mountain_view_in_the_evening%2C_Ladakh%2C_India.jpg/120px-Leh%2C_Mountain_view_in_the_evening%2C_Ladakh%2C_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Leh%2C_Mountain_view_in_the_evening%2C_Ladakh%2C_India.jpg/180px-Leh%2C_Mountain_view_in_the_evening%2C_Ladakh%2C_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Leh%2C_Mountain_view_in_the_evening%2C_Ladakh%2C_India.jpg/240px-Leh%2C_Mountain_view_in_the_evening%2C_Ladakh%2C_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mountain peaks around Leh</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Karakoram-West_Tibetan_Plateau_alpine_steppe.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tsomoriri lake"><img alt="Tsomoriri lake" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Karakoram-West_Tibetan_Plateau_alpine_steppe.jpg/120px-Karakoram-West_Tibetan_Plateau_alpine_steppe.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Karakoram-West_Tibetan_Plateau_alpine_steppe.jpg/180px-Karakoram-West_Tibetan_Plateau_alpine_steppe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Karakoram-West_Tibetan_Plateau_alpine_steppe.jpg/240px-Karakoram-West_Tibetan_Plateau_alpine_steppe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1417" data-file-height="911" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Tsomoriri" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsomoriri">Tsomoriri</a> lake</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pangong_Tso_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pangong lake"><img alt="Pangong lake" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Pangong_Tso_2.jpg/120px-Pangong_Tso_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Pangong_Tso_2.jpg/180px-Pangong_Tso_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Pangong_Tso_2.jpg/240px-Pangong_Tso_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4327" data-file-height="2093" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pangong_tso" class="mw-redirect" title="Pangong tso">Pangong</a> lake</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_-_Ladakh_-_Leh_-_053_-_flower_fields_outside_my_guesthouse_(3844435507).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Leh district flower fields and mountains"><img alt="Leh district flower fields and mountains" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/India_-_Ladakh_-_Leh_-_053_-_flower_fields_outside_my_guesthouse_%283844435507%29.jpg/120px-India_-_Ladakh_-_Leh_-_053_-_flower_fields_outside_my_guesthouse_%283844435507%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/India_-_Ladakh_-_Leh_-_053_-_flower_fields_outside_my_guesthouse_%283844435507%29.jpg/180px-India_-_Ladakh_-_Leh_-_053_-_flower_fields_outside_my_guesthouse_%283844435507%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/India_-_Ladakh_-_Leh_-_053_-_flower_fields_outside_my_guesthouse_%283844435507%29.jpg/240px-India_-_Ladakh_-_Leh_-_053_-_flower_fields_outside_my_guesthouse_%283844435507%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Leh district flower fields and mountains</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Ladakh" title="List of districts of Ladakh">List of districts of Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Ladakh" title="Geography of Ladakh">Geography of Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Ladakh" title="Tourism in Ladakh">Tourism in Ladakh</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leh_district&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-tertiary-kashmir-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tertiary-kashmir_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tertiary-kashmir_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tertiary-kashmir_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a> and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TERTIARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TERTIARY">tertiary sources</a> (a) through (e), reflecting <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DUE">due weight</a> in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (h) through (i) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (j) below). <br /> (a) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Kashmir-region-Indian-subcontinent"><i>Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent</i></a>, Encyclopaedia Britannica<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 August</span> 2019</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kashmir%2C+region+Indian+subcontinent&rft.pub=Encyclopaedia+Britannica&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fplace%2FKashmir-region-Indian-subcontinent&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeh+district" class="Z3988"></span> (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories.";<br /> (b) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPletcher" class="citation cs2">Pletcher, Kenneth, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Aksai-Chin"><i>Aksai Chin, Plateau Region, Asia</i></a>, Encyclopaedia Britannica<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 August</span> 2019</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Aksai+Chin%2C+Plateau+Region%2C+Asia&rft.pub=Encyclopaedia+Britannica&rft.aulast=Pletcher&rft.aufirst=Kenneth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fplace%2FAksai-Chin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeh+district" class="Z3988"></span> (subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state."; <br /> (c) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">"Kashmir", <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=l_cWAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA328"><i>Encyclopedia Americana</i></a>, Scholastic Library Publishing, 2006, p. 328, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7172-0139-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7172-0139-6"><bdi>978-0-7172-0139-6</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Kashmir&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+Americana&rft.pages=328&rft.pub=Scholastic+Library+Publishing&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-7172-0139-6&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dl_cWAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA328&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeh+district" class="Z3988"></span> C. E Bosworth, University of Manchester Quote: "KASHMIR, kash'mer, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, administered partlv by India, partly by Pakistan, and partly by China. The region has been the subject of a bitter dispute between India and Pakistan since they became independent in 1947"; <br /> (d) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOsmańczyk2003" class="citation cs2">Osmańczyk, Edmund Jan (2003), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fSIMXHMdfkkC&pg=PA1191"><i>Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: G to M</i></a>, Taylor & Francis, pp. 1191–, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-93922-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-93922-5"><bdi>978-0-415-93922-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+the+United+Nations+and+International+Agreements%3A+G+to+M&rft.pages=1191-&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-415-93922-5&rft.aulast=Osma%C5%84czyk&rft.aufirst=Edmund+Jan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfSIMXHMdfkkC%26pg%3DPA1191&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeh+district" class="Z3988"></span> Quote: "Jammu and Kashmir: Territory in northwestern India, subject to a dispute between India and Pakistan. It has borders with Pakistan and China." <br />(e) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTalbot2016" class="citation cs2">Talbot, Ian (2016), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eNg_CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA28"><i>A History of Modern South Asia: Politics, States, Diasporas</i></a>, Yale University Press, pp. <span class="nowrap">28–</span>29, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-300-19694-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-300-19694-8"><bdi>978-0-300-19694-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+Modern+South+Asia%3A+Politics%2C+States%2C+Diasporas&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E28-%3C%2Fspan%3E29&rft.pub=Yale+University+Press&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-0-300-19694-8&rft.aulast=Talbot&rft.aufirst=Ian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DeNg_CwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA28&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeh+district" class="Z3988"></span> Quote: "We move from a disputed international border to a dotted line on the map that represents a military border not recognized in international law. The line of control separates the Indian and Pakistani administered areas of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir."; <br /> (f) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSkutsch2015" class="citation cs2">Skutsch, Carl (2015) [2007], "China: Border War with India, 1962", in Ciment, James (ed.), <i>Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II</i> (2nd ed.), London and New York: Routledge, p. 573, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7656-8005-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7656-8005-1"><bdi>978-0-7656-8005-1</bdi></a>, <q>The situation between the two nations was complicated by the 1957–1959 uprising by Tibetans against Chinese rule. Refugees poured across the Indian border, and the Indian public was outraged. Any compromise with China on the border issue became impossible. Similarly, China was offended that India had given political asylum to the Dalai Lama when he fled across the border in March 1959. In late 1959, there were shots fired between border patrols operating along both the ill-defined McMahon Line and in the Aksai Chin.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=China%3A+Border+War+with+India%2C+1962&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Conflicts+Since+World+War+II&rft.place=London+and+New+York&rft.pages=573&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-0-7656-8005-1&rft.aulast=Skutsch&rft.aufirst=Carl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeh+district" class="Z3988"></span><br /> (g) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClary" class="citation cs2">Clary, Christopher, <i>The Difficult Politics of Peace: Rivalry in Modern South Asia</i>, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, p. 109, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780197638408" title="Special:BookSources/9780197638408"><bdi>9780197638408</bdi></a>, <q>Territorial Dispute: The situation along the Sino-Indian frontier continued to worsen. In late July (1959), an Indian reconnaissance patrol was blocked, "apprehended," and eventually expelled after three weeks in custody at the hands of a larger Chinese force near Khurnak Fort in Aksai Chin. ... Circumstances worsened further in October 1959, when a major class at Kongka Pass in eastern Ladakh led to nine dead and ten captured Indian border personnel, making it by far the most serious Sino-Indian class since India's independence.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Difficult+Politics+of+Peace%3A+Rivalry+in+Modern+South+Asia&rft.place=Oxford+and+New+York&rft.pages=109&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.isbn=9780197638408&rft.aulast=Clary&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeh+district" class="Z3988"></span> <br /> (h) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBose2009" class="citation cs2">Bose, Sumantra (2009), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3ACMe9WBdNAC&pg=PA294"><i>Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace</i></a>, Harvard University Press, pp. 294, 291, 293, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-02855-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-02855-5"><bdi>978-0-674-02855-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kashmir%3A+Roots+of+Conflict%2C+Paths+to+Peace&rft.pages=294%2C+291%2C+293&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-674-02855-5&rft.aulast=Bose&rft.aufirst=Sumantra&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3ACMe9WBdNAC%26pg%3DPA294&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeh+district" class="Z3988"></span> Quote: "J&K: Jammu and Kashmir. The former princely state that is the subject of the Kashmir dispute. Besides IJK (Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The larger and more populous part of the former princely state. It has a population of slightly over 10 million, and comprises three regions: Kashmir Valley, Jammu, and Ladakh.) and AJK ('Azad" (Free) Jammu and Kashmir. The more populous part of Pakistani-controlled J&K, with a population of approximately 2.5 million.), it includes the sparsely populated "Northern Areas" of Gilgit and Baltistan, remote mountainous regions which are directly administered, unlike AJK, by the Pakistani central authorities, and some high-altitude uninhabitable tracts under Chinese control." <br /> (i) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFisher2018" class="citation cs2">Fisher, Michael H. 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Pangong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shachokol" title="Shachokol">Shachokol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangtse" title="Tangtse">Tangtse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Khalatse" title="Khalatse">Khalsi</a><br />(Khaltsi)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dah,_Ladakh" title="Dah, Ladakh">Dah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dah_Hanu" title="Dah Hanu">Dah Hanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damkhar" class="mw-redirect" title="Damkhar">Damkhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fotoksar" class="mw-redirect" title="Fotoksar">Fotoksar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanu,_Ladakh" title="Hanu, Ladakh">Hanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanji,_Ladakh" title="Kanji, Ladakh">Kanji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalatse" title="Khalatse">Khalatse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamayouro" title="Lamayouro">Lamayuru</a></li> <li><a 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title="Chemrey">Chemrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gia,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Gia, Leh">Gia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemis" title="Hemis">Hemis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igoo" title="Igoo">Igoo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khargu,_Ladakh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khargu, Ladakh (page does not exist)">Khargu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharoo" title="Kharoo">Kharoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langokor" title="Langokor">Langokor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matselang" title="Matselang">Matselang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meroo,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Meroo, Leh">Meroo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phuktse" title="Phuktse">Phuktse</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serthi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Serthi (page does not exist)">Serthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shang,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Shang, Leh">Shang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shara,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Shara, Leh">Shara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharnose" title="Sharnose">Sharnose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upshi" title="Upshi">Upshi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leh" title="Leh">Leh</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuchat_Yakma" title="Chuchat Yakma">Chuchat Yakma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuchot_Gongma" title="Chuchot Gongma">Chuchot Gongma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuchot_Shama" title="Chuchot Shama">Chuchot Shama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiang" title="Fiang">Fiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathoo" title="Mathoo">Mathoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nang,_Leh" title="Nang, Leh">Nang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phey" title="Phey">Phey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rambir_Por" title="Rambir Por">Rambir Por</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saboo,_Leh" title="Saboo, Leh">Saboo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakti,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakti, Leh">Sakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shey" title="Shey">Shey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stakna" title="Stakna">Stakna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stok" title="Stok">Stok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiksey" title="Thiksey">Thiksey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Likir" title="Likir">Likir</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alchi" title="Alchi">Alchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bazgoo" title="Bazgoo">Bazgoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiling_Sumda" title="Chiling Sumda">Chiling Sumda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giramangu" title="Giramangu">Giramangu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemis_Shukpachan" title="Hemis Shukpachan">Hemis Shukpachan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Likir" title="Likir">Likir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ney,_Leh" title="Ney, Leh">Ney</a></li> <li><a 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Ladakh">Demchok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanle_(village)" title="Hanle (village)">Hanle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himya" title="Himya">Himya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karzok" title="Karzok">Karzok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerey" title="Kerey">Kerey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharnak" title="Kharnak">Kharnak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koyul" title="Koyul">Koyul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumgyam" title="Kumgyam">Kumgyam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liktse" title="Liktse">Liktse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mood,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mood, Leh">Mood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyoma" title="Nyoma">Nyoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samad_Rakchan" title="Samad Rakchan">Samad Rakchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skitmang" title="Skitmang">Skitmang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarchit" title="Tarchit">Tarchit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teri,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Teri, Leh">Teri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tukla,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Tukla, Leh">Tukla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukdungle" title="Ukdungle">Ukdungle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sumur<br />(<a href="/wiki/Nubra_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Nubra Valley">Nubra</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bogdang" title="Bogdang">Bogdang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalunka" title="Chalunka">Chalunkha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamshan_Charasa" title="Chamshan Charasa">Chamshan Charasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digger,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Digger, Leh">Digger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diskit" title="Diskit">Diskit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hundar,_India" title="Hundar, India">Hundar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hundar_Dok" title="Hundar Dok">Hundar Dok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hundri" title="Hundri">Hundri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalsar,_India" title="Khalsar, India">Khalsar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khardong,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Khardong, Leh">Khardong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khemakhungiu" title="Khemakhungiu">Khemakhungiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khemi" title="Khemi">Khemi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kubed,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Kubed, Leh">Kubed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakjung" title="Lakjung">Lakjung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Largiab" title="Largiab">Largiab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murgo" title="Murgo">Murgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panamic" title="Panamic">Panamic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partap_Pore" title="Partap Pore">Partap Pore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skanpuk" title="Skanpuk">Skanpuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skuru" title="Skuru">Skuru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumoor" title="Sumoor">Sumoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takshi" title="Takshi">Takshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangyar" title="Tangyar">Tangyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tegar" title="Tegar">Tegar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terchey" title="Terchey">Terchey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thang,_Ladakh" title="Thang, Ladakh">Thang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoise" class="mw-redirect" title="Thoise">Thoise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turtuk" title="Turtuk">Turtuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udmaru" title="Udmaru">Udmaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warisfistan" title="Warisfistan">Warisfistan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="25px&#124;Emblem_of_Ladakh_Union_Territory_of_Ladakh414" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Ladakh" title="Template:Ladakh"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Ladakh" title="Template talk:Ladakh"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Ladakh" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Ladakh"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="25px&#124;Emblem_of_Ladakh_Union_Territory_of_Ladakh414" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ladakh,_India.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of Ladakh"><img alt="Emblem of Ladakh" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_animals" title="List of Indian state animals">Animal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Snow_leopard" title="Snow leopard">Snow leopard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_birds" title="List of Indian state birds">Bird</a>: <a href="/wiki/Black-necked_crane" title="Black-necked crane">Black-necked crane</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ladakh" title="History of Ladakh">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-Independent India</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maryul" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryul">Maryul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namgyal_dynasty_of_Ladakh" title="Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh">Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibet%E2%80%93Ladakh%E2%80%93Mughal_war" title="Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal war">Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Tingmosgang" title="Treaty of Tingmosgang">Treaty of Tingmosgang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dogra%E2%80%93Tibetan_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Dogra–Tibetan War">Dogra–Tibetan War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Post-Independent India</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947%E2%80%931948" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948">1947–1948 India-Pakistan War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_operations_in_Ladakh_(1948)" title="Military operations in Ladakh (1948)">1948 military operations in Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Turtuk" title="Battle of Turtuk">1971 battle of Turtuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Ladakh_floods" title="2010 Ladakh floods">2010 Ladakh floods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Reorganisation_Act,_2019" title="Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019">2019 Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh reorganisation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conflicts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demchok_sector" title="Demchok sector">Demchok conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_border_dispute" title="Sino-Indian border dispute">India–China conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts" title="Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts">India–Pakistan conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashmir_conflict" title="Kashmir conflict">Kashmir conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siachen_conflict" title="Siachen conflict">Siachen conflict</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administration_of_Ladakh" title="Administration of Ladakh">Administration</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Ladakh" title="List of districts of Ladakh">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Ladakh" title="Politics of Ladakh">Politics of Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh_Autonomous_Hill_Development_Council,_Kargil" title="Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil">Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh_Autonomous_Hill_Development_Council,_Leh" title="Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh">Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh_Police" title="Ladakh Police">Ladakh Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh_Renewable_Energy_Development_Agency" title="Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency">Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_High_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Jammu and Kashmir High Court">Jammu and Kashmir High Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Ladakh" title="List of lieutenant governors of Ladakh">Lieutenant Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)">Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Ladakh" title="Geography of Ladakh">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_the_Himalaya#Major_tectonic_subdivisions_of_the_Himalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Geology of the Himalaya">Four types of Himalayan ranges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_the_Himalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Geology of the Himalaya">Geology of the Himalaya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ranges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltoro_Muztagh" title="Baltoro Muztagh">Baltoro Muztagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh_Range" title="Ladakh Range">Ladakh Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saltoro_Mountains" title="Saltoro Mountains">Saltoro Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanskar_Range" title="Zanskar Range">Zanskar Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kailash_Range" class="mw-redirect" title="Kailash Range">Kailash Range</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plateau</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Depsang_Plains" title="Depsang Plains">Depsang Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/More_plains" title="More plains">More plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirijap" title="Sirijap">Sirijap</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teram_Shehr_Plateau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Teram Shehr Plateau (page does not exist)">Teram Shehr Plateau</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Valleys</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leh" title="Leh">Leh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupshu" title="Rupshu">Rupshu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salt_Valley" title="Salt Valley">Salt Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mushkoh_Valley" title="Mushkoh Valley">Mushkoh Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padum" title="Padum">Padum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyok_River" title="Shyok River">Shyok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suru_Valley" title="Suru Valley">Suru Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nubra_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Nubra Valley">Nubra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanskar" title="Zanskar">Zanskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryan_valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Aryan valley">Aryan valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Glaciers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chumik_Glacier" title="Chumik Glacier">Chumik Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drang-Drung_Glacier" title="Drang-Drung Glacier">Drang-Drung Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machoi_Glacier" title="Machoi Glacier">Machoi Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkachik_Glacier" title="Parkachik Glacier">Parkachik Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shafat_Glacier" title="Shafat Glacier">Shafat Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siachen_Glacier" title="Siachen Glacier">Siachen Glacier</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lakes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tso_Moriri" title="Tso Moriri">Tso Moriri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pangong_Tso" title="Pangong Tso">Pangong Tso</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sutlej" title="Sutlej">Sutlej</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beas_River" title="Beas River">Beas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_River" title="Ravi River">Ravi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyok_River" title="Shyok River">Shyok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chenab_River" title="Chenab River">Chenab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dras_River" title="Dras River">Drass River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indus_River" title="Indus River">Indus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanskar_River" title="Zanskar River">Zanskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsarap_River" title="Tsarap River">Tsarap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doda_River" title="Doda River">Doda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yapola_River" title="Yapola River">Yapola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suru_River_(Indus)" title="Suru River (Indus)">Suru River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markha_River_(India)" title="Markha River (India)">Markha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galwan_River" title="Galwan River">Galwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chip_Chap_River" title="Chip Chap River">Chip Chap</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Passes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bilafond_La" title="Bilafond La">Bilafond La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang_La" title="Chang La">Chang la</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fotu_La" title="Fotu La">Fotu La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyong_La" title="Gyong La">Gyong La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Col" title="Indira Col">Indira Col</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Pass" title="Karakoram Pass">Karakoram Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khardung_La" title="Khardung La">Khardung La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kongka_Pass" title="Kongka Pass">Kongka Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lungalacha_La" title="Lungalacha La">Lachulung La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taglang_La" title="Taglang La">Taglang La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsimik_La" title="Marsimik La">Marsimik La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namika_La" title="Namika La">Namika La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensi_La" title="Pensi La">Pensi La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rezang_La" title="Rezang La">Rezang La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rimo_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Rimo I">Rimo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasser_Pass" title="Sasser Pass">Sasser Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sia_La" title="Sia La">Sia La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shingo_La" class="mw-redirect" title="Shingo La">Shingo La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanggur_Gap" title="Spanggur Gap">Spanggur Gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoji_La" title="Zoji La">Zoji La</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mountain peaks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bana_Top" class="mw-redirect" title="Bana Top">Bana Top</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chumik_Kangri" title="Chumik Kangri">Chumik Kangri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghent_Kangri" title="Ghent Kangri">Ghent Kangri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurung_Hill" title="Gurung Hill">Gurung Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Col" title="Indira Col">India Saddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K12_(mountain)" title="K12 (mountain)">K12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saltoro_Kangri" title="Saltoro Kangri">Saltoro Kangri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherpi_Kangri" title="Sherpi Kangri">Sherpi Kangri</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tiger_Saddle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tiger Saddle (page does not exist)">Tiger Saddle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Human<br />settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meenamarg" title="Meenamarg">Meenamarg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burtse" class="mw-redirect" title="Burtse">Burtse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalunka" title="Chalunka">Chalunka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemrey" title="Chemrey">Chemrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chushul" title="Chushul">Chushul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daulat_Beg_Oldi" title="Daulat Beg Oldi">Daulat Beg Oldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demchok,_Ladakh" title="Demchok, Ladakh">Demchok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diskit_Monastery" title="Diskit Monastery">Diskit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dras" title="Dras">Dras</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dzingrulma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dzingrulma (page does not exist)">Dzingrulma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukche" title="Fukche">Fukche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemis" title="Hemis">Hemis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanle_(village)" title="Hanle (village)">Hanle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kargil" title="Kargil">Kargil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalatse" title="Khalatse">Khalatse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leh" title="Leh">Leh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Likir" title="Likir">Likir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murgo" title="Murgo">Murgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimo,_Leh" class="mw-redirect" title="Nimo, Leh">Nimo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyoma" title="Nyoma">Nyoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padum" title="Padum">Padum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panamik" class="mw-redirect" title="Panamik">Panamik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purne" title="Purne">Purne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangdum" title="Rangdum">Rangdum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankoo" title="Sankoo">Sankoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasoma" title="Sasoma">Sasoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shey" title="Shey">Shey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyok_(village)" title="Shyok (village)">Shyok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thikse_Monastery" title="Thikse Monastery">Thiksey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoise" class="mw-redirect" title="Thoise">Thoise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turtuk" title="Turtuk">Turtuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukdungle" title="Ukdungle">Ukdungle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upshi" title="Upshi">Upshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zangla" title="Zangla">Zangla</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir_and_Ladakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Music of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh">Music of Ladakh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Languages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ladakhi_language" title="Ladakhi language">Ladakhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purgi_language" title="Purgi language">Purgi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balti_language" title="Balti language">Balti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zangskari_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Zangskari dialect">Zangskari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changthang_language" title="Changthang language">Changthang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brokskat" title="Brokskat">Brokskat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Festivals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bono-na" class="mw-redirect" title="Bono-na">Bono-na festival</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tourism and<br />wildlife</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Ladakh" title="Wildlife of Ladakh">Wildlife</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Changthang_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary">Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemis_National_Park" title="Hemis National Park">Hemis National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary">Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Ladakh" title="Tourism in Ladakh">Tourism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khurnak_Fort" title="Khurnak Fort">Khurnak Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh_Marathon" title="Ladakh Marathon">Ladakh Marathon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanti_Stupa,_Ladakh" title="Shanti Stupa, Ladakh">Shanti Stupa, Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siachen_Base_Camp_(India)" title="Siachen Base Camp (India)">Siachen Base Camp</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" title="Tibetan Buddhism">Indo-Tibetan<br />Buddhist monasteries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alchi_Monastery" title="Alchi Monastery">Alchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardan_Monastery" title="Bardan Monastery">Bardan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basgo_Monastery" title="Basgo Monastery">Basgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemrey_Monastery" title="Chemrey Monastery">Chemrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diskit_Monastery" title="Diskit Monastery">Diskit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanle_Monastery" title="Hanle Monastery">Hanle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemis_Monastery" title="Hemis Monastery">Hemis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hundur_Monastery" title="Hundur Monastery">Hundur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korzok_Monastery" title="Korzok Monastery">Korzok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kursha_Monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Kursha Monastery">Karsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamayuru_Monastery" title="Lamayuru Monastery">Lamayuru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Likir_Monastery" title="Likir Monastery">Likir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lingshed_Monastery" title="Lingshed Monastery">Lingshed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matho_Monastery" title="Matho Monastery">Mashro/Matho Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulbekh_Monastery" title="Mulbekh Monastery">Mulbekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namgyal_Tsemo_Monastery" title="Namgyal Tsemo Monastery">Namgyal Tsemo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phugtal_Monastery" title="Phugtal Monastery">Phugtal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phyang_Monastery" title="Phyang Monastery">Phyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangdum_Monastery" title="Rangdum Monastery">Rangdum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rizong_Monastery" title="Rizong Monastery">Rizong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sani_Monastery" title="Sani Monastery">Sani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankar_Monastery" title="Sankar Monastery">Sankar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saspul_Monastery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saspul Monastery (page does not exist)">Saspul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shey_Monastery" title="Shey Monastery">Shey Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spituk_Monastery" title="Spituk Monastery">Spituk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stakna_Monastery" title="Stakna Monastery">Stakna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stok_Monastery" title="Stok Monastery">Stok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stongdey_Monastery" title="Stongdey Monastery">Stongdey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takthok_Monastery" title="Takthok Monastery">Takthok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thikse_Monastery" title="Thikse Monastery">Thikse</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tserkarmo_Monastery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tserkarmo Monastery (page does not exist)">Tserkarmo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stongdey_Monastery" title="Stongdey Monastery">Tonde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanla_Monastery" title="Wanla Monastery">Wanla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zangla_Monastery" title="Zangla Monastery">Zangla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzongkhul_Monastery" title="Dzongkhul Monastery">Zongkul</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Ladakh#Transport" title="Tourism in Ladakh">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Airports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kargil_Airport" title="Kargil Airport">Kargil Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushok_Bakula_Rimpochee_Airport" title="Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport">Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport (Leh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India-China_Border_Roads#AGL" class="mw-redirect" title="India-China Border Roads">Military AGLs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Roads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darbuk%E2%80%93Shyok%E2%80%93DBO_Road" title="Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road">Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India-China_Border_Roads" class="mw-redirect" title="India-China Border Roads">India-China Border Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leh%E2%80%93Manali_Highway" title="Leh–Manali Highway">Leh–Manali Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_1_(India)" title="National Highway 1 (India)"> NH1 Leh–Kargil–Srinagar Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimmu%E2%80%93Padum%E2%80%93Darcha_road" title="Nimmu–Padum–Darcha road">Nimmu–Padum–Darcha road</a> (under construction)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasoma%E2%80%93Saser_La_Road" title="Sasoma–Saser La Road">Sasoma–Saser La Road</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Railway</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhanupli%E2%80%93Leh_line" title="Bhanupli–Leh line">Bhanupli–Leh line</a> (Planned)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Srinagar%E2%80%93Leh_line&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Srinagar–Leh line (page does not exist)">Srinagar–Leh line</a> (Planned)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Astronomical_Observatory" title="Indian Astronomical Observatory">Indian Astronomical Observatory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dams<br />and hydroelectric project</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chutak_Hydroelectric_Plant" title="Chutak Hydroelectric Plant">Chutak</a></li> <li>Dumkhar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salal_Dam" title="Salal Dam">Salal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Institute_of_Buddhist_Studies" title="Central Institute of Buddhist Studies">Central Institute of Buddhist Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Institute_of_High_Altitude_Research" title="Defence Institute of High Altitude Research">Defence Institute of High Altitude Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Druk_White_Lotus_School" title="Druk White Lotus School">Druk White Lotus School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliezer_Joldan_Memorial_College_Leh,_Ladakh" title="Eliezer Joldan Memorial College Leh, Ladakh">Eliezer Joldan Memorial College Leh, Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Degree_College,_Kargil" title="Government Degree College, Kargil">Government Degree College, Kargil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phuktal_Monastic_School" title="Phuktal Monastic School">Phuktal Monastic School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Students%27_Educational_and_Cultural_Movement_of_Ladakh" title="Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh">Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Ladakh" title="University of Ladakh">University of Ladakh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Borders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Line_of_Actual_Control" title="Line of Actual Control">Line of Actual Control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_of_Control" title="Line of Control">Line of Control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Actual_Ground_Position_Line" title="Actual Ground Position Line">Actual Ground Position Line</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Himank" class="mw-redirect" title="Himank">Curious BRO roadsigns</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="India_topics12" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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colspan="2"><div id="History12" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India">History</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Overviews</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Indian_history" title="Timeline of Indian history">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_India" title="List of years in India">Years</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_astronomy" title="Indian astronomy">Astronomy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_clothing_in_the_Indian_subcontinent" title="History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent">Clothing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coinage_of_India" title="Coinage of India">Coinage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_India" title="Economic history of India">Economics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_history_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT history in India">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linguistic_history_of_India" title="Linguistic history of India">Linguistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_maritime_history" title="Indian maritime history">Maritime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_mathematics" title="Indian mathematics">Mathematics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_metallurgy_in_the_Indian_subcontinent" title="History of metallurgy in the Indian subcontinent">Metallurgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_India" title="Military history of India">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_paper_currency_in_Indian_subcontinent" title="History of paper currency in Indian subcontinent">Paper currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_India" title="Postage stamps and postal history of India">Postal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_science_and_technology_on_the_Indian_subcontinent" title="History of science and technology on the Indian subcontinent">Science and technology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_history" title="Ancient history">Ancient </a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Stone_Age" title="South Asian Stone Age">Stone Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilisation" title="Indus Valley Civilisation">Indus Valley Civilisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedic_period" title="Vedic period">Vedic period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahajanapadas" title="Mahajanapadas">Mahajanapadas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurya_Empire" title="Maurya Empire">Mauryas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yavana_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Yavana Kingdom">Yavana Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_conquest_of_the_Indus_Valley" title="Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley">Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Parthian_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Parthian Kingdom">Indo-Parthian Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushan_Empire" title="Kushan Empire">Kushan Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alchon_Huns" title="Alchon Huns">Alchon Huns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seleucid%E2%80%93Mauryan_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Seleucid–Mauryan war">Seleucid–Mauryan war</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Middle Kingdoms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Middle_kingdoms_of_India" title="Middle kingdoms of India">Middle kingdoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chola_dynasty" title="Chola dynasty">Chola</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_India" title="Medieval India">Medieval India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoysala_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoysala Empire">Hoysala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pala_Empire" title="Pala Empire">Pala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakatiya_dynasty" title="Kakatiya dynasty">Kakatiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Sultanate" title="Delhi Sultanate">Delhi Sultanate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire" title="Vijayanagara Empire">Vijayanagara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Early_Modern" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Modern">Early Modern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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title="Battle of Plassey">Plassey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">1857 rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_India#History" title="Rail transport in India">Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_India_under_the_British_Raj" title="Economy of India under the British Raj">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">Army</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_India" title="Commander-in-Chief, India">Commander-in-Chief</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zamindar#British_era" title="Zamindar">Zamindari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Renaissance" title="Bengal Renaissance">Bengal Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Councils_Act_1909" title="Indian Councils Act 1909">Political reforms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)" title="Partition of Bengal (1905)">Partition of Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_independence_movement" title="Indian independence movement">Independence movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">1943 famine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_in_World_War_II" title="India in World War II">World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Republic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_integration_of_India" title="Political integration of India">Integration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_and_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="India and the Non-Aligned Movement">Non-Aligned Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five-Year_Plans_of_India" title="Five-Year Plans of India">Five-Year Plans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_War" title="Sino-Indian War">Sino-Indian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts" title="Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts">Indo-Pakistani wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Revolution_in_India" title="Green Revolution in India">Green Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Flood" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Flood">White Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxalite" class="mw-redirect" title="Naxalite">Naxal Insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smiling_Buddha" title="Smiling Buddha">Smiling Buddha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Space Research Organisation">Space programme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)" title="The Emergency (India)">The Emergency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Peace_Keeping_Force" title="Indian Peace Keeping Force">Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contemporary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_India_(1947%E2%80%93present)" title="History of India (1947–present)">History of India (1947–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_liberalisation_in_India" title="Economic liberalisation in India">Economic liberalisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pokhran-II" title="Pokhran-II">Pokhran-II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_India" title="COVID-19 pandemic in India">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geography12" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_India" title="Geography of India">Geography</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Geology_of_India" title="Category:Geology of India">Geology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fossil_Parks_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Fossil Parks of India">Fossil Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_India" title="Geology of India">Geology of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Plate">Indian Plate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Heritage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Geological_Monuments_of_India" title="National Geological Monuments of India">National Geological Monuments of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_groves_of_India" title="Sacred groves of India">Sacred groves of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_mountains#India" title="Sacred mountains">Sacred mountains of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River#Sacred" title="River">Sacred rivers of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stones_of_India" title="Stones of India">Stones of India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_India" title="Environment of India">Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biogeographic_classification_of_India" title="Biogeographic classification of India">Biogeographic classification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biosphere_reserves_of_India" title="Biosphere reserves of India">Biosphere reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_India" title="Climate of India">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_India" title="Climate change in India">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_India" title="List of earthquakes in India">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_India" title="List of ecoregions in India">Ecoregions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_India" title="Environmental issues in India">Environmental issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_India" title="Fauna of India">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_forests_in_India" title="List of forests in India">Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_India" title="Flora of India">Flora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_India" title="Geology of India">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_India" title="List of national parks of India">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_India" title="Protected areas of India">Protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_India" title="Wildlife of India">Wildlife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wildlife_sanctuaries_of_India" title="List of wildlife sanctuaries of India">sanctuaries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Landforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_beaches_in_India" title="List of beaches in India">Beaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_canals_in_India" title="List of canals in India">Canals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_India" title="Coastal India">Coasts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thar_Desert" title="Thar Desert">Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone_of_India" title="Exclusive economic zone of India">ECZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_India" title="List of extreme points of India">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_glaciers_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of glaciers of India">Glaciers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_highest_point" title="List of Indian states and union territories by highest point">Highest point by states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_India" title="List of islands of India">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_India" title="List of lakes of India">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_India" title="List of mountains in India">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_passes_of_India" title="List of mountain passes of India">Mountain passes</a></li> <li>Plains <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Gangetic_Plain" title="Indo-Gangetic Plain">Indo-Gangetic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Coastal_Plains" title="Eastern Coastal Plains">Eastern coastal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Coastal_Plains" title="Western Coastal Plains">Western coastal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_India" title="List of rivers of India">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_valleys_in_India" title="List of valleys in India">Valleys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_India" title="List of volcanoes in India">Volcanoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of waterfalls of India">Waterfalls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_India" title="Administrative divisions of India">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_India" title="Central India">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_India" title="East India">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_India" title="North India">North</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_India" title="Northwest India">Northwest</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">Northeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">South</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwest India">Southwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Southeast India">Southeast</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_India" title="Western India">West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_India" title="Administrative divisions of India">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_administrative_divisions_of_India" title="Autonomous administrative divisions of India">Autonomous administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Borders_of_India" title="Template:Borders of India">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_India_by_population" title="List of towns in India by population">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_India_by_population" title="List of cities in India by population">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_India" title="List of districts in India">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_governance_in_India" title="Municipal governance in India">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">States and union territories</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monuments_of_National_Importance_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Monuments of National Importance of India">National monuments of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_India" title="List of national parks of India">National parks of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nature_worship" title="Nature worship">Nature worship</a> in <a href="/wiki/Indian_religions" title="Indian religions">Indian-origin religions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage Sites in India">World Heritage Sites in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_India" title="Culture of India">Culture of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India">History of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_India" title="Tourism in India">Tourism in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Politics12" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_India" title="Politics of India">Politics</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_agencies_of_the_government_of_India" title="List of agencies of the government of India">Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_policy_of_India" title="Energy policy of India">Energy policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_India" title="Foreign relations of India">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_India" title="Vice President of India">Vice President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Union Council of Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Services_of_India" title="Civil Services of India">Civil Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_(India)" title="Cabinet Secretary (India)">Cabinet Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_governments_of_India" title="State governments of India">State governments</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_legislative_assemblies_of_India" title="State legislative assemblies of India">State legislative assemblies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_legislative_councils_of_India" title="State legislative councils of India">State legislative councils</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_(India)" title="Governor (India)">Governors, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_minister_(India)" title="Chief minister (India)">Chief Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_secretary_(India)" title="Chief secretary (India)">Chief Secretaries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Law_of_India" title="Law of India">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Penal_Code" title="Indian Penal Code">Penal Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fundamental_Rights,_Directive_Principles_and_Fundamental_Duties_of_India" title="Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India">Fundamental rights, principles and duties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_India" title="Human rights in India">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in India">LGBT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_India" title="Chief Justice of India">Chief Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_courts_of_India" title="High courts of India">High Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_courts_of_India" title="District courts of India">District Courts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_India" title="Law enforcement in India">Enforcement</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Federal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Border_Security_Force" title="Border Security Force">Border Security Force (BSF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Industrial_Security_Force" title="Central Industrial Security Force">Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Reserve_Police_Force" title="Central Reserve Police Force">Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Tibetan_Border_Police" title="Indo-Tibetan Border Police">Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Guard" title="National Security Guard">National Security Guard (NSG)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railway_Protection_Force" title="Railway Protection Force">Railway Protection Force (RPF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sashastra_Seema_Bal" title="Sashastra Seema Bal">Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Protection_Group" title="Special Protection Group">Special Protection Group (SPG)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_intelligence_agencies" title="List of Indian intelligence agencies">Intelligence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Police_Research_and_Development" title="Bureau of Police Research and Development">Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Central Bureau of Investigation">Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Revenue_Intelligence" title="Directorate of Revenue Intelligence">Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enforcement_Directorate" title="Enforcement Directorate">Enforcement Directorate (ED)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Bureau_(India)" title="Intelligence Bureau (India)">Intelligence Bureau (IB)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(India)" title="National Security Council (India)">Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narcotics_Control_Bureau" title="Narcotics Control Bureau">Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Investigation_Agency" title="National Investigation Agency">National Investigation Agency (NIA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_and_Analysis_Wing" title="Research and Analysis Wing">Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Indian Armed Forces">Military</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Air Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_India" title="Politics of India">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Censorship_in_India" title="Censorship in India">Censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_nationality_law" title="Indian nationality law">Citizenship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_India" title="Elections in India">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democracy_in_India" title="Democracy in India">Democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_nationalism" title="Indian nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_India" title="List of political parties in India">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reservation_in_India" title="Reservation in India">Reservations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_scandals_in_India" title="List of scandals in India">Scandals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes" title="Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes">Scheduled groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secularism_in_India" title="Secularism in India">Secularism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_political_participation_in_India" title="Women's political participation in India">Women in politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Economy12" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_India" title="Economy of India">Economy</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_India" title="List of companies of India">Companies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BSE_SENSEX" title="BSE SENSEX">BSE SENSEX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NIFTY_50" title="NIFTY 50">NIFTY 50</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Governance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(India)" title="Ministry of Finance (India)">Ministry of Finance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Finance ministers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Ministry of Commerce and Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finance_Commission" title="Finance Commission">Finance Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_Advisory_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic Advisory Council">Economic Advisory Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Statistics_Office_(India)" title="Central Statistics Office (India)">Central Statistical Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Securities_and_Exchange_Board_of_India" title="Securities and Exchange Board of India">Securities and Exchange Board of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enforcement_Directorate" title="Enforcement Directorate">Enforcement Directorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/External_debt_of_India" title="External debt of India">External debt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_trade_of_India" title="Foreign trade of India">Foreign trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment_in_India" title="Foreign direct investment in India">Foreign direct investment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign-exchange_reserves_of_India" title="Foreign-exchange reserves of India">Foreign exchange reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remittances_to_India" title="Remittances to India">Remittances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_India" title="Taxation in India">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subsidies_in_India" title="Subsidies in India">Subsidies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_licensing_in_India" title="Industrial licensing in India">Industrial licensing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Voluntary_Guidelines_on_Social,_Environmental_and_Economic_Responsibilities_of_Business" title="National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business">Voluntary guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NITI_Aayog" title="NITI Aayog">NITI Aayog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Make_in_India" title="Make in India">Make in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atmanirbhar_Bharat" title="Atmanirbhar Bharat">Atmanirbhar Bharat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Currency</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_rupee" title="Indian rupee">Indian rupee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_rupee_sign" title="Indian rupee sign">Sign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_rupee" title="History of the rupee">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exchange_rate_history_of_the_Indian_rupee" title="Exchange rate history of the Indian rupee">Historical Forex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_rupee" title="Digital rupee">Digital rupee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coinage_of_India" title="Coinage of India">Coinage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_paisa" title="Indian paisa">Paisa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_India" title="Reserve Bank of India">Reserve Bank of India</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_the_Reserve_Bank_of_India" title="List of governors of the Reserve Bank of India">Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_Government_Mint" title="India Government Mint">Mint</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inflation_in_India" title="Inflation in India">Inflation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Financial services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_India" title="Banking in India">Banking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurance_in_India" title="Insurance in India">Insurance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multi_Commodity_Exchange" title="Multi Commodity Exchange">Multi Commodity Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gold_(Control)_Act,_1968" title="The Gold (Control) Act, 1968">Bullion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_black_money" title="Indian black money">Black money</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_Stock_Exchange" title="Bombay Stock Exchange">Bombay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Stock_Exchange_of_India" title="National Stock Exchange of India">National</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_India" title="Economic history of India">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_India" title="Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in India">COVID-19 impact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_development_in_India" title="Economic development in India">Economic development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_liberalisation_in_India" title="Economic liberalisation in India">Liberalisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Licence_Raj" title="Licence Raj">Licence Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Revolution_in_India" title="Green Revolution in India">Green revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schemes_of_the_government_of_India" title="List of schemes of the government of India">Government initiatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_numbering_system" title="Indian numbering system">Numbering system</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indians_by_net_worth" title="List of Indians by net worth">By net worth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_India" title="Demographics of India">Demography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Income_in_India" title="Income in India">Income</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_India" title="Poverty in India">Poverty</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_labour_law" title="Indian labour law">Labour law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensions_in_India" title="Pensions in India">Pensions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Employees%27_Provident_Fund_Organisation" title="Employees' Provident Fund Organisation">EPFO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Pension_Scheme" class="mw-redirect" title="National Pension Scheme">NPS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Provident_Fund_(India)" title="Public Provident Fund (India)">PPF</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Economy of Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Assam" title="Economy of Assam">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Bihar" title="Economy of Bihar">Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Delhi" title="Economy of Delhi">Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Goa" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of Goa">Goa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Gujarat" title="Economy of Gujarat">Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Haryana" title="Economy of Haryana">Haryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Himachal_Pradesh" title="Economy of Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Jharkhand" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Karnataka" title="Economy of Karnataka">Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Kerala" title="Economy of Kerala">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Ladakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of Ladakh">Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Economy of Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Maharashtra" title="Economy of Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Mizoram" title="Economy of Mizoram">Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Odisha" title="Economy of Odisha">Odisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Punjab,_India" title="Economy of Punjab, India">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Rajasthan" title="Economy of Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Tamil_Nadu" title="Economy of Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Telangana" title="Economy of Telangana">Telangana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Uttarakhand" title="Economy of Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Economy of Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_West_Bengal" title="Economy of West Bengal">West Bengal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sectors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_India" title="Agriculture in India">Agriculture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Animal_husbandry_in_India" title="Animal husbandry in India">Livestock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_in_India" title="Fishing in India">Fishing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_India" title="Automotive industry in India">Automotive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_industry_in_India" title="Chemical industry in India">Chemical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Construction_industry_of_India" title="Construction 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