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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kawal
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Muzaffarnagar district|Muzaffarnagar]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Jansath]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| registration_plate = UP-12
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| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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'''Kawal''' is a village in the [[Muzaffarnagar district]] of western [[Uttar Pradesh]] in northern India.<ref>[http://indiawater.gov.in/IMISWeb/DataEntry/HabitationDirectory/Reports/Rep_DirectoryList.aspx?Condition=P50votMRqBU%3D&id=MkXA3hu04o9iIJTFyOjvjg%3D%3D&StateName=EviwSIOpgOPcPzx1ySAj7g%3D%3D&DistrictName=4N74vIrVd%2BI%3D&level=cMpX3xtH%2BqA%3D&sublevel=a5JzOi%2F3L2g%3D Integrated Management Information System (IMIS)]</ref> It lies between two rivers - the [[Ganges]] (Ganga) in the East and [[Yamuna]] in the West. It also lies between two branches of the Ganges Canal, an old canal of the River Ganges.

== History ==
In 2013, a dispute between Hindus and Muslims in Kawal triggered the [[2013 Muzaffarnagar riots]].<ref>[http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/south-asia/indian-troops-fail-to-quell-hindu-muslim-riots Indian troops fail to quell Hindu-Muslim riots]</ref> On 7 September 2013, over 150,000 people from the neighbouring states of Haryana and Delhi gathered in Kawal village for a "Jat Mahapanchayat", many of them carrying weapons. There had been allegations of a Muslim man harassing a Hindu girl followed by the murder of two young [[Jat people|Jat]] men and a Muslim youth. The gathering was called to show solidarity of [[Hindus|Hindu]] groups against Muslims. After the gathering, scores of vehicle carrying peacefully returning Jat youth were burned and many of the bodies were never recovered, as per estimate 23 tractors and 7 bikes were burned and washed away in Ganges till [[Bulandshahr|Bulandshahar]] but SDM of [[Jansath|Jansat]] only reported 13 in his report to then CM and PM. Many of the victims reportedly killed were Gyanendra Singh (chairman of Nagar Panchayat [[Bhokarhedi|Bhokhrahi]]), Udayveer Singh Rampal, Pratap Singh and Manoj from Rahmatpur village, Ajay Kumar of Rahmatpur, Sonveer Singh of [[Bhokarhedi|Bhokhrahi]] and Brijpal of Baseda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiafacts.org/real-truth-muzaffarnagar-riots-part-6/|title=The real truth about the Muzaffarnagar riots: Part 6|date=2014-04-03|website=IndiaFacts|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> In other incidents , by 8 September, "over 50 people had already been murdered, a number of women allegedly raped, and several thousand people displaced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/everybodys-brother-akhilesh-yadav|title=Akhilesh Yadav in the family business|last=Dixit|first=Neha|website=The Caravan|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref>". Girls from the village stopped going to school and requested then chief Minister of [[Uttar Pradesh|U.P.]] [[Akhilesh Yadav]] to provide alternate road to their school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiafacts.org/real-truth-muzaffarnagar-riots-part-6/|title=The real truth about the Muzaffarnagar riots: Part 6|date=2014-04-03|website=IndiaFacts|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> All 7 accused of the murder of the [[Jat people|Jat]] boys have been awarded life imprisonments by [[Muzaffarnagar]] District court<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/muzaffarnagar-riots-seven-accused-in-kawal-jats-murder-case-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment-2029935.html|title=Muzaffarnagar Riots: Seven Accused in Kawal Jats Murder Case Sentenced to Life Imprisonment|website=News18|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> in Feb 2019 while the counter-case towards the Jat men is still going and charges have framed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/muzaffarnagar-riots-court-charges-6th-and-last-accused-with-murder-in-kawal-case/articleshow/71655022.cms|title=Muzaffarnagar riots: Court charges 6th and last accused with murder in Kawal case |date=October 19, 2019|first=Mohd |last=Dilshad |website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref>

==Geography==
It is located at 29.33° N 77.85° E. It has an average elevation of {{convert|232|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Mean Sea Level (MSL).

==Demographics==
Its population is approximately 12,000. It is a very sensitive village in terms of both the communities.

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

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