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[[File:Kashmir_Jammu_Map.png|thumb|320x236px|right|The line separating the Indian-administered (blue) and Pakistan-administered (dark green) parts of Kashmir is called the ''Line of Control'' (LoC). It begins at ''Dhalan'' west of ''Jammu'' and ends at the ''Point NJ9842'' at extreme southwest corner of [[Siachen]]. The ''"Actual Ground Position Line'' (AGPL) separates areas held by India and Pakistan in the disputed Siachen region.]]


'''Dhalan''' is a village located on a river bank in [[Jammu district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] [[States and union territories of India|union territory]] of India.<ref name=dhalan1/> Dhalan is located on the India-Pakistan LoC, which begins just north of Dahlan. The important geostrategic [[Chicken's Neck (Pakistan)|Chicken's Neck]] military sector of Pakistan lies southeast of Dhalan.

Dhalan is 36 km from nearest railway station at [[Akhnoor]] on the [[Jammu–Poonch line]] and 68 km from the nearest airport [[Jammu Airport]].

== Etymology ==
Dhalan means the slope.

== History ==

On 30 September 2018, A Pakistani civilian helicopter carrying Pakistani politician [[Farooq Haider Khan]] intruded in the Indian airspace in the Gulpur-Dhalan sector, which retracted to Pakistani airspace after warning shots were fired by the Indian forces.<ref name=Dhalan1>[https://eurasiantimes.com/reason-pakistani-chopper-not-shot-india-jk/ Reason Why Pakistani Chopper Was Not Shot-Down by India in J&K?], Eurasian Times, 30 Sept 2018.</ref>

== Demography==

According to the [[2011 census of India]], Dhalan had a population of 158 households with a population of 643 people including 341 male and 302 female and an area of 66.7 ha all of which is irrigable.<ref name=dhalan1>[https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/01/0121_PART_A_DCHB_JAMMU.pdf Jammu district census part A], [[2011 Census of India]], p.152, 153, 157.</ref><ref name=dhalan2>[https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/01/0121_PART_A_DCHB_JAMMU.pdf Jammu district census part B], [[2011 Census of India]], p.104.</ref>

== Geography ==
== LoC begins from Dahlan ==

The actual India-Pakistan boundary is divided into 4 types of borders: disputed [[Sir Creek]] riverine border, mutually agreed [[India–Pakistan border |India–Pakistan International Border]] (IB) from north of ''Sir Creek'' to north of Dhalan near [[Jammu]], [[Line of Control|LoC]] across [[Kashmir conflict|disputed Kashmir and Ladakh regions]] from north of Dhalan in India and west of [[Chicken's Neck (Pakistan)|Chicken's Neck]] in Pakistan to Point [[NJ9842]], and [[Actual Ground Position Line]] (AGPL) across [[Siachen]] from ''Point NJ9842'' to [[Indira Col|Indira Col West]]. Siachen lies west of the [[Trans-Karakoram Tract|Shaksgam]] ceded by Pakistan to China via the 1963 [[Sino-Pakistan Agreement]] but also claimed by India<ref name=Time>{{cite magazine |url =http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,870184,00.html | title = Pakistan: Signing with the Red Chinese | magazine = Time (magazine)|date =15 March 1963 | accessdate =11 January 2020}}</ref> and [[Aksai Chin]] held by China since 1962 but also claimed by India. The Shaksgam Tract controlled by China is located north of the Saltoro mountain range from [[K12_(mountain)|K12]] to the [[Teram Shehr plateau]].<ref name=control2>R Baghela and M Nüsserab, 2015, [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629815000347 Securing the heights: The vertical dimension of the Siachen conflict between India and Pakistan in the Eastern Karakoram], [[Political Geography (journal)]], Volume 48, Pages 24-36.</ref>

One of the main thrusts of [[Operation Grand Slam]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] was to capture Akhnoor through the Chicken's Neck, which could potentially have choked the [[Indian Army]] in the region; however, the plan failed.

== Gallery ==

==See also==
* [[Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts]]
* [[Line of Control]]
* [[Chicken's Neck (Pakistan)]]

==References==
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{{Municipalities of Jammu and Kashmir}}
{{Jammu and Kashmir}}
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[[Category:Villages in Jammu district]]

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