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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of Jammu and Kashmir in India and Pakistan on the border of China. The site of a Tibetan kingdom during the 1600s, it was annexed by the maharaja of Jammu in 1834.
 
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- proper noun   A predominately Buddhist area of 
Jammu and Kashmir ,India  - proper noun   A 
region in the north-eastern part of the disputed territories of Indian-controlledJammu and Kashmir and theNorthern Areas of Baltistan. 
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Tibetan culture has been well preserved in Ladakh while it is fast being swamped by Han Chinese immigration into neighboring Tibet.
Eric Margolis: Kashmir Could Start a Nuclear War Eric Margolis 2010
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Tibetan culture has been well preserved in Ladakh while it is fast being swamped by Han Chinese immigration into neighboring Tibet.
Eric Margolis: Kashmir Could Start a Nuclear War Eric Margolis 2010
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Tibetan culture has been well preserved in Ladakh while it is fast being swamped by Han Chinese immigration into neighboring Tibet.
Eric Margolis: Kashmir Could Start a Nuclear War Eric Margolis 2010
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Tibetan culture has been well preserved in Ladakh while it is fast being swamped by Han Chinese immigration into neighboring Tibet.
Eric Margolis: Kashmir Could Start a Nuclear War Eric Margolis 2010
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Tibetan culture has been well preserved in Ladakh while it is fast being swamped by Han Chinese immigration into neighboring Tibet.
Eric Margolis: Kashmir Could Start a Nuclear War Eric Margolis 2010
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Tibetan culture has been well preserved in Ladakh while it is fast being swamped by Han Chinese immigration into neighboring Tibet.
Eric Margolis: Kashmir Could Start a Nuclear War Eric Margolis 2010
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He said that due to the weak foreign policy of the UPA Govt, China objects to construction of roads or airport in Ladakh, which is a serious matter.
No sovereign nation can tolerate interference in its internal matters :JK BJP 2009
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He said that due to the weak foreign policy of the UPA Govt, China objects to construction of roads or airport in Ladakh, which is a serious matter.
No sovereign nation can tolerate interference in its internal matters :JK BJP 2009
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Himalayan plateau called Ladakh one summer, I was stopped in my tracks by the sight of a black-necked crane flying across a still blue lake.
NYT > Home Page By SOMINI SENGUPTA 2011
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Himalayan plateau called Ladakh one summer, I was stopped in my tracks by the sight of a black-necked crane flying across a still blue lake.
NYT > Global Home By SOMINI SENGUPTA 2011
 
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