evidence: On August 5, 2019, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced the revocation of Articles 370 and 35-A from the country’s constitution. These two connected pieces of legislation grant the state of Jammu and Kashmir—the Indian-controlled portion of the overall Kashmir region—special semi-autonomous status. Scrapping these provisions will have significant implications for Jammu and Kashmir’s Muslim-majority citizenry, grave ramifications for already tense India-Pakistan relations, and could lead to violence in the region. [...] A1: When the subcontinent gained independence from British colonial rule in 1947 and separated into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan, the status of Kashmir became a point of tension between the two countries, both of whom wanted Kashmir within their freshly drawn borders. The ruling Hindu maharaja of Muslim-majority Kashmir initially declared Kashmir an independent princely state, but upon a threat of Pakistani takeover, eventually acceded to joining India under certain conditions of autonomy granted to the region. [...] The international community has raised concerns about the situation in Kashmir, with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urging "maximum restraint" by all parties. Pakistan’s confrontational rhetoric urges action rather than restraint, and Prime Minister Khan vowed to raise India’s actions in Kashmir at the UN General Assembly. Additionally, the government in Islamabad has taken several actions against India: it has expelled the Indian ambassador in Islamabad, downgraded diplomatic relations and severed trade with its neighbor, suspended the cross-border Samjohta Express rail service, and banned the screening of Bollywood movies and broadcasting of Indian channels on cable television.