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Nowshera
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Total population
5,122
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Overview
Nowshera is a town and the headquarters of an eponymous tehsil of Rajouri district in the Jammu division of the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.It is located approx. 53 km from Rajouri City, the district headquarter. It is governed by a Municipal committee and in rural area of Nowshera consists of 14 panchayats governed by local bodies under the supervision of district administration Rajouri.
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History
Prior to the Partition of India, Nowshera was a subdivision in the Bhimber tehsil of the Mirpur district. A brigade of Jammu and Kashmir State troops was stationed here, with the responsibility of securing the whole of Mirpur and Poonch districts. Following the 1947 Poonch Rebellion and the First Kashmir War, Nowshera got separated from the Mirpur district. It was combined with the other 'liberated areas' of the Mirpur district and reconstituted into a new tehsil of the Poonch district. In 1967, the Poonch and Nowshera districts were separated into independent districts by the efforts of late Beli Ram Sharma (former Minister and former MLA Nowshera). But after that, due to political pressure from the National Conference Govt and leadership of Rajouri, the district status of Nowshera was snatched and given to Rajouri (district) with Nowshera coming under. Nowshera is still suffering due to the political system of Jammu and Kashmir. 90% of district offices are functioning in Nowshera and were sanctioned previously due to the hard efforts of late Beli Ram Sharma and late Dr. Romesh Chander Sharma (both served as Ministers and MLA).
Geography
Nowshera is a small town located on the bank of the Manawer River just 4 km inwards from the Manawer bridge on Jammu-Poonch national highway. It is a border tehsil of Rajouri district with a vast areal and demographic extent. Given its spatial and demographic extent, Nowshera has been given the status of a Sub-District. It is a beautiful place with a number of tourist attractions including the fort of Mangla Devi, holy cave temple of Mangla Mata, Famous Thakurdwara Temple in the city centre, Central Gurudwara of Sikhs in Nonial, Qila Darhal and other Dargahs and temples. The literacy rate of Nowshera is very high with a low male-female literacy gap that shows that there is a deep inclination of people towards education. The town has an average elevation of about 325 metres (1,066 feet).
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Nearby places in Jammu and Kashmir
- Samahni7.6 mi away
- Kalakote11.3 mi away · pop. 3,767
- Rajouri15.8 mi away · pop. 37,552
- Bhimber15.9 mi away · pop. 461,000
- Sunderbani16.1 mi away · pop. 5,531
- Khui Ratta18.3 mi away · pop. 8,220
- Charhoi19.2 mi away
- Barnala19.9 mi away
- Islamgarh23.6 mi away
- Fatehpur Thakiala24.1 mi away
- Jatlan24.5 mi away
- Thanamandi27.4 mi away · pop. 5,204
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