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                  Indian Kashmir Swears in First Woman Leader

   by VOA News

   The leader of a pro-India party has become the first woman to serve as
   chief administrator of the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir.

   Mehbooba Mufti was sworn-in Monday, just three months after her father,
   Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former chief administrator
   Mufti Mohammad Sayeed died in office.

   After Sayeed's death, the chief administrator position remained vacant
   as Mufti was reluctant to continue the coalition between the PDP, which
   is widely supported by the region's Muslim population, and the Hindu
   nationalist BJP party.

   But Mufti reached an agreement following a meeting with India's Prime
   Minister Narendra Modi last month.  Details of the meeting have not
   been released.

   Kashmir has been claimed by both India and Pakistan since 1947.  The
   two countries have fought two wars over control of the Himalayan
   territory.
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