India, Aug. 5 -- Satyapal Malik, the former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 79 after a prolonged illness at New Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

Malik served as the last Governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from August 2018 to October 2019.

It was during his tenure that Article 370 was abrogated and the special status of the state was revoked on 5 August 2019. Today marks the sixth anniversary of the decision.

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