Adhwal is a village located at Adyala road near

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, in the

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. It is also spelt as Adhwal and Adhwaal. It is located in the

Pothohar Plateau The Pothohar Plateau (, : ''Pо̄ṭhoā̀r Paṭhār''; , ''Satāh Murtafā Pо̄ṭhohār''), also spelled Pothwar, is a plateau in the Sindh Sagar Doab, Sind Sagar Doab of northern Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan, located between the Indus ...

near the

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. The first census after the Partition of India in 1952 lists Adhwal in Fatehjang Tehsil in Campbellpur District in Rawalpindi Division. With an area of 3 square miles, it then had a population of 1,310 with 710 houses. It is currently a Qanungo Circle in Rawalpindi Tehsil, and it falls under National Assembly Constituency NA-59 (Rawalpindi-III).

History

Prior to the

Partition of India The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Dominion of India, Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Paki ...

, Adhwal was a village in Campbellpore district (now known as Attock). It was inhabited by Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims and it was one of the villages where the army was called in to control riots. Troops also fired to disperse crowds assembling in Adhwal to attack. It is one of the villages where rioting mobs burnt a large part of the village in March 1947. Gold was discovered near the village, but the village economy is still largely agricultural.

Language

Languages spoken in the village include

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabis, Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a ...

Potohari Pahari Pothwari is an Indo-Aryan language variety of the Lahnda group, spoken in the northern half of Pothohar Plateau, in Punjab, Pakistan, as well as in the most of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and in the western areas of Indian-adminis ...

and

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Source of income

This area is mainly agricultural. Wheat and barley were the staple crops being produced in this village, though in recent years, the trend has shifted to more wheat production.

Dress

The dress usually worn is Shalwar kameez, which is also the national dress.

Famous People

Adhwal was the birthplace of

Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir Gurmukh Singh Musafir (15 January 1899 – 18 January 1976) was an Indian politician and Punjabi language writer. He was the 5th Chief Minister of Punjab from 1 November 1966 to 8 March 1967. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punja ...

, who later became the Chief Minister of Indian Punjab. Following Partition of India, Musafir had migrated to India along with his family members. He studied at the Adhwal Primary School and completed his schooling from

. Musafir was a recipient of India's second highest civilian honour, the

Padma Vibhushan The Padma Vibhushan ( , lit. "Lotus Grandeur") is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "exceptional and distinguished service". All persons w ...

. Scientist Virender Lal Chopra who also headed the

Indian Council of Agricultural Research The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India. It reports to the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture. Th ...

was also born in this village. He was recipient of India's third highest civilian honour, the

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan (IAST: ''Padma Bhūṣaṇa'', lit. 'Lotus Decoration') is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 Januar ...

. Adhwal(Hadwal) is also the birth place of shri Buta Singh (1873–1943) who spearheaded the spiritual organization now spread all over the world under registered tag of "Sant Nirankari Mission"

References

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