The Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh, which together constituted the former state of Jammu and Kashmir, had been in a state of political turmoil ever since the former princely state had acceded to India in October 1947. The tumult included the invasion of J&K by Pakistani tribal raiders, the deceptive Pakistani occupation of the strategic Gilgit-Baltistan region, a UN-sponsored cease-fire in the Indo-Pak War (1947-49), the creation of the POK as an entity, the illegal occupation of the strategic Aksai Chin plateau and the building of a military highway across it by China, Pakistan’s deal with China gifting away to the latter the Shaksgam valley in Gilgit-Baltistan (1963), the bungling in the system of internal governance of the state by the then government in granting a “special status” to it, Pakistan-sponsored terrorist activities and Islamic fundamentalism and a serious attempt to cause its secession from India. This book is a detailed study and an eye-opener of all historical, political and anti-social events. It also recounts the decisive Indian response including Balakot surgical strikes against terrorists, to the pre-Aug. 5 (2019) pandemonium in J&K, the scrapping of Article 370, the consequent revocation of its “special status”, the reorganisation of the state into two Union Territories and all their ramifications for restoration of peace and saying good-bye to corruption in the sub-continent.