 Union Territory of Ladakh |
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Capital: Kargil; Leh |
State symbols |
- Emblem: Emblem of Ladakh
- Animal: Snow leopard
- Bird: Black-necked crane
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History | Pre-Independent India |
- Maryul
- Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh
- Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal War
- Treaty of Tingmosgang
- Dogra–Tibetan War
- Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir
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Post-Independent India |
- 1947–1948 India-Pakistan War
- 1948 military operations in Ladakh
- 1971 battle of Turtuk
- 2010 Ladakh floods
- 2019 Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh reorganisation
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Conflicts |
- Demchok conflict
- India–China conflict
- India–Pakistan conflict
- Kashmir conflict
- Siachen conflict
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Administration |
- Districts
- Politics of Ladakh
- Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil
- Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh
- Ladakh Police
- Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency
- Jammu and Kashmir High Court
- Lieutenant Governors
- Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Geography | General |
- Four types of Himalayan ranges
- Geology of the Himalaya
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Ranges | |
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Plateau |
- Depsang Plains
- More plains
- Sirijap
- Teram Shehr Plateau
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Valleys |
- Leh
- Rupshu
- Salt Valley
- Mushkoh Valley
- Padum
- Shyok
- Suru Valley
- Nubra
- Zanskar
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Glaciers |
- Chumik Glacier
- Drang-Drung Glacier
- Machoi Glacier
- Parkachik Glacier
- Shafat Glacier
- Siachen Glacier
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Lakes | |
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Rivers | |
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Passes |
- Bilafond La
- Chang la
- Fotu La
- Gyong La
- Indira Col
- Karakoram Pass
- Khardung La
- Kongka Pass
- Lachulung La
- Taglang La
- Marsimik La
- Namika La
- Pensi La
- Rezang La
- Rimo
- Sasser Pass
- Sia La
- Shingo La
- Spanggur Gap
- Zoji La
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Mountain peaks | |
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Human settlements |
- Meenamarg
- Burtse
- Chalunka
- Chemrey
- Chushul
- Daulat Beg Oldi
- Demchok
- Diskit
- Dras
- Dzingrulma
- Fukche
- Hemis
- Hanle
- Kargil
- Khalatse
- Leh
- Likir
- Murgo
- Nimo
- Nyoma
- Padum
- Panamik
- Purne
- Rangdum
- Sankoo
- Sasoma
- Shey
- Shyok
- Thiksey
- Thoise
- Turtuk
- Ukdungle
- Upshi
- Zangla
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Culture | |
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Tourism and wildlife | Wildlife |
- Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary
- Hemis National Park
- Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary
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Tourism |
- Khurnak Fort
- Ladakh Marathon
- Shanti Stupa, Ladakh
- Siachen Base Camp
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Indo-Tibetan Buddhist monasteries |
- Alchi
- Bardan
- Basgo
- Chemrey
- Diskit
- Hanle
- Hemis
- Hundur
- Korzok
- Karsha
- Lamayuru
- Likir
- Lingshed
- Mashro/Matho Monastery
- Mulbekh
- Namgyal Tsemo
- Phugtal
- Phyang
- Rangdum
- Rizong
- Sani
- Sankar
- Saspul
- Shey Monastery
- Spituk
- Stakna
- Stok
- Stongdey
- Takthok
- Thikse
- Tserkarmo
- Tonde
- Wanla
- Zangla
- Zongkul
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Transport | Airports | |
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Roads |
- Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road
- India-China Border Roads
- Leh–Manali Highway
- NH1 Leh–Kargil–Srinagar Highway
- Nimmu–Padum–Darcha road (under construction)
- Sasoma–Saser La Road
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Railway |
- Bilaspur–Leh line (Planned)
- Srinagar–Kargil–Leh line (Planned)
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Infrastructure | General | |
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Dams and hydroelectric project | |
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Education |
- Central Institute of Buddhist Studies
- Defence Institute of High Altitude Research
- Druk White Lotus School
- Eliezer Joldan Memorial College Leh, Ladakh
- Government Degree College, Kargil
- Phuktal Monastic School
- Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh
- University of Ladakh
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See also | Borders |
- Line of Actual Control
- Line of Control
- Actual Ground Position Line
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Other |
- Curious BRO roadsigns
- Ladakh Ecological Development and Environmental Group
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