WORLD IN BRIEF : INDIA : Kashmir Legislature Ordered Dissolved
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Indian government dissolved the legislature of Jammu and Kashmir state in an effort to restore peace to a region torn by a monthlong Muslim uprising against Indian rule. The move was a tacit admission by the central government that the 1987 elections for the Kashmir assembly were rigged, as is widely believed in the state.
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