Jammu and Kashmir is no longer a state after it was officially bifurcated into two Union Territories(UT)—Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on October 31^st, 2019.

IAS officer Radha Krishna Mathur was sworn-in as the new Lieutenant Governors (LG) for the UT of Ladakh. Mathur administered the oath by Chief Justice of J&K High Court Geeta Mittal at Leh. Girish Chandra Murmu is the new LG for Jammu and Kashmir. His oath will be administered at Srinagar.

The outgoing Governor of J&K, Satya Pal Mailk, has been moved as the Governor of Goa.

Shri RK Mathur, the Lieutenant Governor of the newly formed Union Territory of #Ladakh, taking oath. pic.twitter.com/Y57ZV1vfY0

— Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs (@PIBHomeAffairs) October 31, 2019

In a landmark announcement by the Indian government on August 5^th this year, J&K’s decades-old special status under Article 370 was scrapped which led to the birth of two union territories. With the abrogation of Article 370, President’s rule imposed in the undivided J&K was officially revoked.

Now the total number of states in the country is 28 and the UTs have gone up to seven.

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