What is Line of Control?
{{distinguish|Line of Actual Control}} {{coord|34|56|N|76|46|E|display=title}} [[File:Kashmir map.jpg|thumb|240px|The areas shown in green are the two areas controlled by Pakistan: [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] in the north and [[Jammu and Kashmir]] (JK) Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PAK) in the south. The area shown in orange is the Indian-controlled state of [[Jammu and Kashmir]]. The diagonally-hatched area to the east is [[Aksai Chin]], which is controlled by China.]] The '''Line of Control''' ('''LOC''') is the [[line]] that marks where the region of [[Kashmir]] is divided. The land on one side of the line is controlled by [[India]], and the land on the other side is controlled by [[Pakistan]]. It is not a [[De jure|legal]] international [[border]], but is the [[De facto|effective]] boundary between the two countries. India and Pakistan [[First Kashmir War|fought over Kashmir]] between 1947 and 1948. The line originally marked the [[military]] [[wikt:front#Noun|front]] when the two countries declared a [[ceasefire]] on 1/2 January 1949. The fronts gradually became a solid boundary. It was formally named the Line of Control after the [[:en:Simla_Agreement|Simla Agreement]], which was signed on 3 July 1972. All of Kashmir was previously the [[princely state]] of [[Kashmir and Jammu]]. The part of the region that is now under Indian control is known as the State of [[Jammu and Kashmir]]. The two parts that are under Pakistani control are known as [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] and [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir]] (AJK). The Line of Control is {{convert|740|km|mi|abbr=on}} long. Another cease-fire line separates the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir from the Chinese-controlled area of [[Aksai Chin]]. This is further to the east and is called the [[Line of Actual Control]] (LAC). Although the other side is controlled by India, China regards this line as part of its border with Pakistan. China and Pakistan have agreed on a border, but India has not. == Fencing == India has built a [[fence]] along its side of the Line of Control. It i