Pulitzer Prize board questions India's legitimacy over Kashmir

NEW DELHI: In a major controversy, the Pulitzer Prize board has questioned India's legitimacy over Kashmir, calling the valley a "contested territory" whose "independence" was revoked and "executed through a communications blackout".

This year, the US-based Pulitzer Prize for best feature photography has been awarded to three Associated Press (AP) photographers Mukhtar Khan and Dar Yasin from Kashmir and Channi Anand from Jammu, "for their striking images of life in the contested territory of Kashmir as India revoked its independence, executed through a communications blackout".

Jammu and Kashmir has been constitutionally and legally a part of India since 1947 when its princely ruler Maharaja Hari Singh signed instrument of accession which was later ratified by the popular government of the state.

The Central government last year in August, revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, bringing it at par with other states of India. (IANS) 

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