The Act was passed by Parliament in August 2019 and received presidential assent on August 9, 2019. The Central Government notified October 31, 2019, as the date when the Act would come into effect, thereby reorganizing the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories: the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh.
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act came into effect on
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