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{{Infobox settlement | name = Hawal | other_name = | nickname = Downtown | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|34.10481|N|74.81|E| display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = Union territory | subdivision_name1 = Jammu and Kashmir | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Srinagar | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = Government of Jammu and Kashmir | governing_body = Srinagar Municipal Corporation | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Kashmiri, Hindi, Urdu, Dogri, English<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020 | url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=30 May 2021 | archive-date=24 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141909/http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = 190003 | registration_plate = JK01 | website = {{url|http://srinagar.nic.in}} | footnotes = | official_name = }}

'''Hawal''' is a notified area of district Srinagar, the summer capital of union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India.<ref>{{Cite web | title=District Srinagar, Government of Jammu and Kashmir {{!}} Summer Capital of J&K {{!}} India | url=http://srinagar.nic.in | access-date=2026-01-29 | website=srinagar.nic.in}}</ref> It is situated in the heart of the Srinagar just about {{cvt|5|km}} from Lal Chowk

Srinagar's one of the first cinemas ''Firdaus cinema'' is located here .

==Known for== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/hawal-massacre-when-forces-blocked-all-roads-and-dead-were-ferried-on-handcarts/|title=Hawal massacre: When forces blocked all roads and dead were ferried on handcarts|date=2018-05-21|website=Greater Kashmir|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref>

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