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title: "Abrogation of Article 370 (2019): What Changed"
description: "The abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 ended Jammu and Kashmir's special status, impacting its governance and autonomy, crucial for policy researchers."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019 was the Indian government's constitutional action stripping Jammu and Kashmir of its special autonomous status.
- Was Article 370 actually repealed from the Constitution?
- Why did the government use the Governor's concurrence instead of an elected state government?
- What did the Supreme Court hold in 2023?
- How is this different from Article 371 special provisions?

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1. 6 August 2019

   The abrogation of Article 370 refers to the series of executive and legislative actions taken by the Government of India on 5– to render inoperative the cons…

2. 5 August 2019

   272\)\*\* on , superseding the 1954 Order and extending the entire Indian Constitution to the state.

3. 31 October 2019

   Parliament simultaneously enacted the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which bifurcated the state into two Union Territories—Jammu and Kashmir, wi…

4. 5 December 2023

   In In re: Article 370 of the Constitution (), a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice D.Y.

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On 5 August 2019, Union Home Minister Amit Shah moved a resolution in the Rajya Sabha, and President Ram Nath Kovind issued Constitutional Orders 272 and 273 rendering Article 370 inoperative for Jammu and Kashmir.

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