Gulmarg magnetic observatory was established in May 1977 in the campus of High Altitude Research Laboratory of Bhabha Atomic Research Center to monitor geomagnetic field near the focus of ionospheric Sq current system. Read more
India's high-altitude research laboratory in the Himalayas at Gulmarg, established some two years ago under the joint auspices of the Muslim University at Aligarh and the University of Jammu and Kashmir, was formally opened on April 4th of this year during ceremonies attended by a visiting physicist from America, Nobel Laureate Arthur H. Compton. Source
To reduce the uncertainty about the sighting of the crescent Kashmir University (KU) is installing a powerful telescope at Gulmarg so as to witness various celestial events, besides tracking the moon which may help in near future to trace this illustrious crescent.