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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hawal
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = [[Kashmiri]]
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| nickname = [[Downtown Srinagar|Downtown]]
| settlement_type = [[Town]]
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| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India
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| coordinates = {{coord|34.10481|N|74.81|E| display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Srinagar district|Srinagar]]
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| government_type = [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]]
| governing_body = [[Srinagar Municipal Corporation]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020| url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = Postal Code
| postal_code = 190003
| registration_plate = JK01
| website = {{url|http://srinagar.nic.in}}
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'''Hawal''' is a notified area of district [[Srinagar]], the summer capital of union territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]].<ref>http://srinagar.nic.in</ref> It is situated in the heart of the [[Srinagar]] just about {{cvt|5|km}} from [[Lal Chowk]].

==Known for==
Hawal is known for [[Hari Parbat]], [[Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar]], among other places. It also took place for the 1990 [[Hawal massacre]] when the Indian Paramilitary forces fired on an unarmed funeral procession carrying the body of [[Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq|Mirwaiz Moulvi Farooq]], a religious leader with machine guns from a camp near the [[Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar|Islamia College]] killing over 60 and injuring more than 200.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/hawal-massacre-when-forces-blocked-all-roads-and-dead-were-ferried-on-handcarts/|title=Hawal massacre: When forces blocked all roads and dead were ferried on handcarts|date=2018-05-21|website=Greater Kashmir|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref>
hawal has completely changed from the past decade, it has become the business hub.

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Srinagar district]]

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Hawal - Revision history

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