Jammu and Kashmir hosts maiden Formula 4 car racing on banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar, PM Modi appreciates

Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar metropolis on Sunday wore a temper of festivity as motor fanatics lined up close to the Dal Lake to witness the first-ever Formula-4 car racing occasion held in town.

The race was held in a collaboration between Formula-4 and the Indian Racing League beneath the aegis of the Tourism Department.

The 1.7 km lengthy Formula-4 car race was held from Lalit Ghat to the Nehru Park area in town, which as soon as witnessed bloodbaths and blasts as a consequence of terror assaults in the previous.

Modi appreciates the occasion

Indian PM Narendra Modi mentioned Srinagar gives to be the proper venue to host motorsports occasions in future.

“This could be very heartening to see. It will assist additional showcase the wonder of Jammu and Kashmir. India gives nice alternatives for motorsports to thrive and Srinagar is correct on high of the locations the place it may possibly occur!” he posted on X.

A big quantity of youths had arrived on the venue to witness the sporting occasion.

Authorities had made elaborate preparations in town to host the occasion.

On 5 August 2019, the Indian authorities issued a Presidential Order superseding the 1954 order, and making all of the provisions of the Indian structure relevant to Jammu and Kashmir.

The order was based mostly on the decision handed in each homes of India’s parliament with two-thirds majority.

An extra order on 6 August made all of the clauses of Article 370 besides clause 1 to be inoperative.

Article 370 Explained

Oct 26, 1947: On this present day the Instrument of Accession,1947 was signed between Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir and the Government of India paving the way in which for Jammu and Kashmir to merge with impartial India. Singh signed the instrument amid a tribal invasion by Pakistani forces, who have been genociding the non-Muslims of the area.

Oct 17, 1949: Article 370 that granted particular standing to the previous state of Jammu and Kashmir was integrated into the Constitution of India which itself got here into impact on January 26, 1950.

Jammu and Kashmir was administered by India as a state from 17 November 1952 to 31 October 2019. Article 370 conferred on the state the facility to have a separate structure, a state flag, and autonomy of inside administration. It additionally barred Indians from outdoors the state from buying property or settling there.

Article 370 stipulated that the opposite articles of the Constitution that gave powers to the Central Government can be utilized to Jammu and Kashmir solely with the concurrence of the previous State’s constituent meeting.

Article 370 of the Indian Constitution mentioned it was a brief standing of Jammu and Kashmir. It was titled “Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions”, stating that the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir can be empowered to advocate the extent to which the Indian structure would apply to the state.

On May 14th, 1954, then President Rajendra Prasad issued the Presidential order guaranteeing territorial integrity to Jammu and Kashmir and launched Article 35A which conferred particular rights and privileges to everlasting residents of Jammu and Kashmir which its non-permanent residents, even when they have been Indian residents, weren’t entitled to. This order was handed with the concurrence of the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. Since the state constituent meeting dissolved itself with out recommending the abrogation of Article 370, the article was deemed to have develop into a everlasting characteristic of the Indian Constitution.