A line break is different from the other tags. The place we put it in the source code of the document, will end the line and it will go down with a line , letting a space which is smaller than the one from the paragraph. As you can see, in the next example.
<p>John Elwin</br>
Jammu & Kashmir</br> India Occupied</br> </p>
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John Elwin
Jammu & Kashmir
India Occupied
<p>John Elwin</br>
Jammu & Kashmir</br> India Occupied</br> </p>
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John Elwin
Jammu & Kashmir
India Occupied