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Hawal

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Hawal
Town
Nickname:  Downtown
Hawal Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India Show map of Jammu and Kashmir Hawal Hawal (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 34°06′17″N 74°48′36″E / 34.10481°N 74.81°E / 34.10481; 74.81
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.nic.in

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, Srinagar, 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.^[4]

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