Article 370 repeal stripped Kashmir’s constitutional quasi-autonomy and invited military occupation

Evidence

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act did away with the Indian constitutional provision (article 370) extending quasi-autonomy to Kashmir. “We were not free before, but at least we didn’t have to stare down the barrel of an [Indian] gun every time my children walked to the school,” shared Yusra, a mother of two living in Srinagar, the urban center of Kashmir. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 506

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• QUESTION: Worth chasing: what exactly did article 370 extend, and how was its repeal framed to the Indian public before the 2019 annexation?