Hawal
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Hawal | |
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  Hawal Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India  Hawal Hawal (India) | |
| Coordinates: 34°06′17″N 74°48′36″E / 34.10481°N 74.81°E | |
| Country |  India |
| Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Srinagar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Government of Jammu and Kashmir |
| • Body | Srinagar Municipal Corporation |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kashmiri, Hindi, Urdu, Dogri, English[1][2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postal Code | 190003 |
| Vehicle registration | JK01 |
| Website | srinagar |
Hawal is a notified area of district Srinagar, the summer capital of union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India.[3] It is situated in the heart of the Srinagar just about 5 km (3.1 mi) from Lal Chowk
Srinagar's one of the first cinemas Firdaus cinema is located here .
Known for
[edit]Hawal is known for Hari Parbat, Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Shrine of Mirza Kamil Badakhshi,[4] among other places. It is also known for the 1990 Hawal massacre when the Indian Paramilitary forces fired on an unarmed funeral procession carrying the body of Mirwaiz Moulvi Farooq, a religious leader with machine guns from a camp near the Islamia College killing over 60 and injuring more than 200.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ↑ "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ "District Srinagar, Government of Jammu and Kashmir | Summer Capital of J&K | India". srinagar.nic.in. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "Urs Sharief of Hazrat Mirza Akmaludin Badakshi (RA)". Greater Kashmir. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ "Hawal massacre: When forces blocked all roads and dead were ferried on handcarts". Greater Kashmir. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2019.