Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to hold a rally in main city of Indian-administrated Kashmir on Thursday, on his first visit since the disputed region’s semi-autonomy was cancelled in 2019. Modi’s government stripped the Muslim-majority territory of its special constitutional status, splitting the former state into two territories directly ruled from New Delhi. The move, widely welcomed across India, angered many in the densely militarised territory. Rebels in the Himalayan region have waged an insurgency since 1989, seeking independence or a merger with Pakistan — which controls a smaller pa…