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

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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 British India in 1947 was the Partition (politics), change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: ...

, 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

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Potohari The Indo-Aryan language spoken on the Pothohar Plateau in the far north of Pakistani Punjab, as well as in most of Pakistan's Azad Kashmir and in western areas of India's Jammu and Kashmir, is known by a variety of names, the most common of whic ...

and

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

, 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 ("Lotus Decoration") 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 without ...

. 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 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 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished servi ...

. 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

Villages in Rawalpindi District Populated places in Rawalpindi Cantonment {{Rawalpindi-geo-stub