Recent Examples on the WebIn August 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP government downgraded the semi-autonomous state to a union territory, ruled directly by New Delhi, and then imposed a six-month communications blackout to contain the ensuing chaos.—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024 Jammu and Kashmir’s Legislative Assembly lost significant power with the state’s downgrade to a union territory, and new rules introduced this July transferred additional powers over law enforcement, finance, and the senior bureaucracy to the lieutenant governor.—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2024 The Himalayan region has been marred by decades of violence and political disempowerment – including the Modi government’s 2019 decision to unilaterally downgrade Jammu and Kashmir from a state to union territory, ruled directly by Delhi, and revoke the region’s limited autonomy.—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2024 Converting Kashmir into a union territory was a show of brute majoritarianism, a demonstration that India can downgrade its only Muslim-majority state.—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2019 See all Example Sentences for union territory
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