↑ (a) Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannia, “Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent”, Encyclopædia Britannica, truy cập ngày 15 tháng 8 năm 2019Quản lý CS1: văn bản dư: danh sách tác giả (liên kết) (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. China became active in the eastern area of Kashmir in the 1950s and has controlled the northeastern part of Ladakh (the easternmost portion of the region) since 1962."; (b) “Kashmir”, Encyclopedia Americana, Scholastic Library Publishing, 2006, tr. 328, ISBN978-0-7172-0139-6 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";
