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Jamila
Jamila (Джамиля) is a 1958 novella by the Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov about a young married woman who leaves her husband for the man she loves.
Jamila Raqib
Jamila Raqib is an Afghanistan-born researcher who leads the Albert Einstein Institution in Boston, founded by Gene Sharp in 1983 to advance nonviolent action, and gave a 2015 TED Talk.
Jamila Woods
Jamila Woods (born 1989, Chicago) is an American R&B singer-songwriter, poet, and activist, formerly of the duo M&O, known for HEAVN (2016), LEGACY! LEGACY! (2019), and Water Made Us (2023) and collaborations with Chance the Rapper.
Jamin Ball
Jamin Ball is a Partner at Altimeter Capital who joined in January 2021 after five years at Redpoint Ventures, investing in companies including Airbyte, ClickHouse, Deel, and dbt Labs.
Jamini Roy (যামিনী রায়)
Jamini Roy (যামিনী রায়), 1887–1972, Indian modernist painter from Beliatore, Bengal, who rejected academic realism for Kalighat and patua folk styles, ran a mass-production kharkhana, won the Padma Bhushan, and was named one of India's nine masters.
Jamir Watkins
Jamir Watkins (born 2001) is an American NBA forward for the Washington Wizards, drafted 43rd overall in 2025; known for defense, averaged 7.4 points as a rookie, tore his ACL in July 2026.
Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai (ジャミロクワイ), English acid jazz/funk band formed in London in 1992 by Jay Kay; name fuses jam and Iroquois; eight studio albums, Virtual Insanity, 35 million records sold, ninth album due 2026.
Jamis
Jamis, real name Iacopo Misuri, is an Italian DJ and producer from Stia, Tuscany, whose 2017 breakthrough 'Renegade Master' with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike led to work with Armin van Buuren.
Jamison Crowder
Jamison Crowder, born 1993 in Monroe, North Carolina, is a former NFL slot wide receiver and punt returner from Duke; drafted 105th overall in 2015 by Washington, he played 10 seasons with the Redskins/Commanders, Jets, and Bills.
Jamison family deaths
Jamison family deaths: Bobby, Sherilynn, and Madyson Jamison of Eufaula, Oklahoma, vanished October 8, 2009 while viewing land in the Sans Bois Mountains; their locked truck held $32,000 and their dog; remains found 2013, cause of death undetermined.
Jamison Newlander
Jamison Newlander (born 1970) is an American actor, writer, and director best known as Alan Frog, one of the vampire-hunting Frog Brothers, in The Lost Boys (1987), later reprising the role in Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010).
JAMM/MPN domain deubiquitinases
JAMM/MPN domain deubiquitinases are the zinc-dependent metalloprotease branch of deubiquitinase enzymes, which remove ubiquitin tags from proteins using a catalytic zinc ion instead of a cysteine.
Jammil
Jammil, also known as Jammil e Uma Noites, is a Brazilian axé and pop rock band from Salvador, Bahia, formed in 1994 and known for the hit 'Praieiro'.
Jamming (physics)
In physics, jamming, or the jamming transition, is the change of a disordered collection of particles from a flowing, fluid-like state to a rigid, solid-like state that resists shear stress.
Jamming of Western broadcasts in the Eastern Bloc
The jamming of Western broadcasts in the Eastern Bloc was Soviet radio interference blocking Voice of America, the BBC, and other Western broadcasters, from the late 1940s until 1989.
Jamming with Edward!
Jamming with Edward! is a 1972 Rolling Stones Records instrumental jam album by Jagger, Wyman, Watts with Nicky Hopkins and Ry Cooder, taped impromptu at Olympic Studios in 1969, peaking at No. 33 in the US.
Jammu (जम्मू)
Jammu (जम्मू) is a city in Jammu and Kashmir, India, on the Tawi River. It serves as the winter capital, which moves to Srinagar in the summer.
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (جموں و کشمیر نیشنل کانفرنس)
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (جموں و کشمیر نیشنل کانفرنس), founded 1932 by Sheikh Abdullah, renamed from Muslim Conference in 1939; Kashmir's historic regional party led by the Abdullah family, seeking restoration of Article 370 and statehood, in office under Omar Abdullah since October 2024.
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir: disputed Himalayan region claimed by India and Pakistan; former princely state acceded to India in 1947, held special status under Article 370 until August 2019, now an Indian Union Territory.
Jammu and Kashmir (state)
Jammu and Kashmir (state): former Indian state (princely state from 1846, acceded 1947) with special status under Article 370, reorganized on 31 October 2019 into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Jammu and Kashmir (جموں و کشمیر) (princely state)
Princely state of Jammu and Kashmir (جموں و کشمیر), a Dogra-ruled state in northern India created by the 1846 Treaty of Amritsar and sold to Gulab Singh for 7.5 million rupees; ended in 1947 after Hari Singh's contested accession to India and the first India-Pakistan war.
Jammu and Kashmir (जम्मू और कश्मीर) (union territory)
Jammu and Kashmir (जम्मू और कश्मीर), union territory of India formed 31 October 2019 from the erstwhile state under the Reorganisation Act; 20 districts, 90-seat legislature, capitals Srinagar and Jammu, official languages Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, Hindi, English.
Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages
The Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) is the cultural academy of Jammu and Kashmir, established in 1958 to promote the region's languages and arts.
Jammu and Kashmir Awami Ittehad Party (جموں و کشمیر عوامی اتحاد پارٹی)
Awami Ittehad Party (AIP), جموں و کشمیر عوامی اتحاد پارٹی, a Jammu and Kashmir political party founded in 2013 by MLA Engineer Rashid; led by jailed Baramulla MP, contested 34-35 seats in the 2024 assembly election, campaigning to restore Article 370.
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly: unicameral legislature of the UT of J&K under the 2019 Reorganisation Act; 90 elected plus 5 appointed members; NC-Congress won the 2024 election with 48 of 95 seats.
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (जम्मू-कश्मीर पुनर्गठन अधिनियम, 2019), Act 34 of 2019, split the Indian state into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir (with legislature) and Ladakh (without), effective 31 October 2019 alongside Article 370's abrogation.
Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee
Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC, JAAC, Joint Public Action Committee): grassroots civil-society coalition in Azad Jammu and Kashmir founded 2023 over flour and electricity prices; 10-point then 38-point charter including abolition of 12 refugee seats; May 2024 long march, October 2025 agreement, banned June 2026 under AJK Anti-Terrorism Act, boycotted 2026 elections.
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Kashmiri pro-independence organisation founded by Amanullah Khan in Birmingham (1976 or 29 May 1977), led the 1989 Kashmir insurgency, kidnapped Rubaiya Sayeed, renounced arms in 1994, split into Khan and Yasin Malik factions, banned by India in 2019.
Jammu railway division
The Jammu railway division, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January 2025 and effective from June, is the 70th division of Indian Railways, headquartered at Jammu Tawi and serving Kashmir.
Jammu Tawi–Srinagar Vande Bharat Express
The Jammu Tawi–Srinagar Vande Bharat Express, also called the SMVD Katra–Srinagar service, is an Indian Railways semi-high-speed train linking Jammu and Srinagar directly, flagged off in April 2026.