Dewal
Dewal Sharif | |
|---|---|
 Dewal Sharif is located in the north of Murree Tehsil | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Rawalpindi |
| Tehsil | Murree |
| Government | |
| • MNA | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 11,052 |
Dewal also known as Dewal Sharif is a Union council of Murree Tehsil (a sub division), of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[1]
According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 11,052.[2]
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Dewal is a Sanskrit word means a small temple, but Pir Abdul Majid (Pir Sahib Dewal Shareef) who migrated to Rawalpindi in mid fifties last century and established a shrine with the support of Ex-President of Pakistan General Ayub Khan,[3] in Faizabad between Islamabad and Rawalpindi translated and Islamized Hindu small temple common noun Dewal into Dewal Shareef.[4]
References[]
- ^ Official Website of City District Government of Rawalpindi Archived December 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1998 Census of Pakistan
- ^ "Political History of Murree".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
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