Merger Day is celebrated every year on 26 October.

Merger Day is celebrated every year on 26 October.

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Category : Important Days Published on: October 27 2023

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Merger Day is celebrated every year on 26 October in the country.
This day is celebrated to commemorate the joining of Jammu and Kashmir into the Indian Union.
The 76th merger day is being celebrated in the year 2023.
On October 26, 1948, King Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir initiated the merger of Kashmir with India.
On this day, Hari Singh had signed the merger deed.
Lord Mountbatten, the then Governor-General of India, formally accepted the document a day later.
This important agreement provided the Indian Parliament with the authority to make laws on matters of defence, foreign affairs and communications relating to Jammu and Kashmir.
In the year 2019, Jammu and Kashmir was made a Union Territory by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act.

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