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Prof_Explodius t1_iwh6twz wrote

This mountain has the most extreme local relief on earth that I know of, not counting anything below sea level. From the Hunza River to the top is about 5900 m (19350 feet) vertical difference. Denali in Alaska is similar but it's surrounded by a large range of other high peaks. Rakaposhi is just straight up over a horizontal distance of only 12 km.

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ASAmd t1_iwghc9l wrote

Illegally occupied area of Pakistan

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ValidStatus t1_iwi064a wrote

No, the people of Gilgit-Baltistan had risen up against Maharaja Hari Singh's Dogra forces in the region, and then officially ceded themselves to Pakistan.

Besides, not like India has any legal right to Kashmir.

Even the dubious claim they did have they've gotten rid of in 2019 by violating the very condition that the state had joined India because of by getting rid of the semi-autonomy of the state.

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ASAmd t1_iwghf72 wrote

The correct title is Rakaposhi Mountain, Kashmir, India [OC][4032x2440]

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Wicked_-- OP t1_iwgtasx wrote

Negative, I took this pic Gilgit, Pakistan, not India

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Prof_Explodius t1_iwh7r4y wrote

India-Pakistan politics, spicy!

As an ignorant North American I have very little knowledge of this situation and no bias one way or another. I think the answer should be based on this: If you asked someone who lives in one of the towns at the base of Rakaposhi, what country would they say they live in?

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Wicked_-- OP t1_iwhs4dh wrote

Born in Naran and been to Gilgit over 10 times. Not a single person in the villages and towns near Rakaposhi will say this is India. Towns are flooded with Pakistani flags. We can sit here and argue all day long but im not gnna do that, im just here to share some pics of my trip and will be posting more of these. This will be my last comment on this topic. Thank you ❤️

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ValidStatus t1_iwkgvgq wrote

>Pakistani have flooded the place with their own people.

That would be painfully obvious if it were true, since the locals looks so distinct and unique amongst Pakistani ethnic groups.

>Add to it the constant brainwashing from the state from the school education that India is going to eat Pakistan alive and non Muslims basically second calss citizens.

None of that extra effort is necessary, they just see how the people of Kashmir on the other side of the line of control have it in comparison to themselves.

And like I said to someone else, these people themselves fought of the Maharaja's forces and ceded themselves to Pakistan, they have been Pro-Pakistan right from the start.

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