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  Kashmir   ( IPA:  [kaʃmiːr] ) is the northernmost geographical region of the   Indian subcontinent . Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the   Kashmir Valley   between the   Great Himalayas   and the   Pir Panjal Range . Today, the term encompasses a larger area that includes the Indian-administered territories of   Jammu and Kashmir   and   Ladakh , the Pakistani-administered territories of   Azad Kashmir   and   Gilgit-Baltistan , and the Chinese-administered territories of   Aksai Chin   and the   Trans-Karakoram Tract . [1] [2] [3] In 1820 the  Sikh Empire , under  Ranjit Singh , annexed Kashmir. [4]  In 1846, after the Sikh defeat in the  First Anglo-Sikh War , and upon the purchase of the region from the  British  under the  Treaty of Amritsar , the Raja of Jammu,  Gulab Singh , became the new ruler of Kashmir. The rule of his descendants, under the  paramountcy  (or tutelage [5] [6] ) of the  British Crown , lasted until the  Partition of Indi