Chawinda () is a city located near village Sehna wali in

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. The town sits at an altitude of ,Location of Chawinda – Falling Rain Genomics
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. Chawinda was the site of a key

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during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, where the Pakistani forces blocked the advance of the Indian Army which had thrust itself into the Sialkot district in an effort to thwart Pakistan's own advances into

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{{Sialkot District Cities and towns in Sialkot District