St. Luke's Church, Srinagar
St. Luke's Church is located within the compound of the Chest Diseases Hospital at the southwest slope of Shankaracharya Hill in the Dalgate area of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is the first Christian church in Kashmir. It is part of the Church of North India and is one of the remotest churches in the country. The Gothic architecture, Gothic-style church was built in 1896 by British engineers. The foundation stone for the church was laid on 12 September 1896 by British brothers and Christian mission, missionary hospital doctors, Dr Arthur Neve and Dr Ernest Frederic Neve, Ernest Neve. It was transferred to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir in the 1960s. The church remained in use until 1986 when it was abandoned due to rising Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, militancy in the region. In 2016, the local Christian community and priests approached the state administration to seek its renovation. However, the church had severe struc ...
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Srinagar
Srinagar (; ) is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary sources (a) through (d), reflecting due weight in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (f) through (h) below, "held" is also considered politicised usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (i) below). (a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered ...
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