The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Railway Station is illuminated on the anniversary of Indian Independence Day in Mumbai, India, 15 August 2019. India celebrates 72 years of independence from British rule on 15 August 2019. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)





Indian security personnel stand guard on a street during a curfew in Srinagar on August 8, 2019, as widespread restrictions on movement and a telecommunications blackout remained in place after the Indian government stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation during Independence Day celebrations at the historic Red Fort in Delhi, India, August 15, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Kashmiri women shout pro-freedom slogans before offering the Eid-al-Adha prayers at a mosque during restrictions after the scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar, August 12, 2019. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





An Indian security force personnel buys goods from a shop during restrictions after the scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the government, in Srinagar, August 13, 2019. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Children play with toy guns next to Indian security force personnel during restrictions after the scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the government, in Srinagar, August 13, 2019. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Indian migrant laborers sit inside a train as they prepare to leave the region, at a railway station in Jammu, India, Wednesday, August 7, 2019. Indian lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that strips statehood from the Indian-administered portion of Muslim-majority Kashmir, which remains under an indefinite security lockdown, actions that archrival Pakistan warned could lead to war. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





An Indian Paramilitary soldier orders a Kashmiri to lift his robe before frisking him during curfew in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, August 8, 2019. The lives of millions in India's only Muslim-majority region have been upended since the latest, and most serious, crackdown followed a decision by New Delhi to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and downgrade the Himalayan region from statehood to a territory. Kashmir is claimed in full by both India and Pakistan, and rebels have been fighting Indian rule in the portion it administers for decades. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





People throng a market on the eve of Eid al Adha, in Jammu, India, Sunday, August 11, 2019. Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir said that they eased restrictions Sunday in most parts of Srinagar, the main city, ahead of an Islamic festival following India's decision to strip the region of its constitutional autonomy. There was no immediate independent confirmation of reports by authorities that people were visiting shopping areas for festival purchases as all communications and the internet remain cut off for a seventh day. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Girls gesture after getting henna decorations on their hands on the eve of Eid al Adha, in Jammu, India, Sunday, August 11, 2019. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





An Indian boy searches for reusable items amid idols of Hindu goddess Dashama lying in river Sabarmati after the end of Dashama festival in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, August 11, 2019. The ten-days festival celebrated in the Shravan month of the Hindu calendar culminates with the immersion of the idols of the deity who is worshipped for good health and prosperity in this western state of Gujarat. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





A Kashmiri woman feeds pigeons at a street during restrictions after the scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the government, in Srinagar, August 11, 2019. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A man walks with a herd of sheep in a deserted road during restrictions after the government scrapped special status for Kashmir, in Srinagar August 8, 2019. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





An Indian Army recruit shouts during a training demonstration at the Jak Rifles regimental centre in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh state on August 9, 2019. (Photo by Uma Shankar Mishra/AFP Photo)





Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard as children walk past on their way to school in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India, 10 August 2019. According to the order issued by Jammu District Magistrate, all schools, colleges and academic institutions have resumed their functioning normally in Jammu. India has revoked the disputed Muslim majority region's special status, making a centrally-ruled union territory. Since the announcement of the repeal of Article 370 on 05 August, the Indian-administered Kashmir region has been under heavy lockdown with a restriction on public gatherings. Kashmir has been a disputed region since 1947 when India and Pakistan won their freedom from British rule. (Photo by Jaipal Singh/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Kashmiri boat man fills vegetables in a bag on his boat at Nageen Lake in Srinagar, India, 10 August 2019. India has revoked the disputed Muslim majority region's special status, making a centrally-ruled union territory. Since the announcement on 05 August, the Indian-administered Kashmir region is under heavy lockdown with a restriction on public gatherings. Leaders in the region were also put under house arrest. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE)





A family tries to cross a flooded road amid gushing water in Kolkata, India on August 17, 2019. Heavy rain continues for a second day in Kolkata, which contuinued to flood many streets all around the city. Authorities are working overtime to clear the roads. (Photo by Debarchan Chatterjee/Zuma Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)