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| name = Beerwah, Kashmir |
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| native_name = Beerwah |
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| native_name_lang = Beeru |
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| other_name = बीरवाह |
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| settlement_type = Urban Area |
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| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir |
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India |
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| latd = 34.013396 |
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| latNS = N |
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| longd = 74.595194 |
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| longEW = E |
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| subdivision_type = Country |
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| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} |
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| subdivision_type1 = [[territories of India]] |
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir]] |
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| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] |
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Badgam district|Badgam]] |
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| unit_pref = Metric |
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| area_total_km2 = 5 |
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| elevation_m = 1580 |
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| population_total = 6500 |
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| population_as_of = 2011 |
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| population_density_km2 = auto |
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| demographics_type1 = Languages |
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| demographics1_title1 = Official |
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Urdu]] |
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] |
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| utc_offset1 = +5:30 |
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| postal_code_type = 193411 |
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| registration_plate = JK-04 |
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| Banks = J&K Bank, J&K State Co-operative Bank, Ellaqai Dehati Bank |
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'''Beerwah''' is a town and a Municipal area committee in [[Budgam district]] of the [[India]]n administered Kashmir of [[Jammu and Kashmir]]. |
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Beerwah is at an height of 1580 metre above sea level. It can be identified between 75° E longitude and 34° N latitude at the base of Pir Panjal Mountain range base. |
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According to ‘Neelmath Purana’–a repository of information regarding the people, culture and history of pre-historic region of Kashmir, Beerwah is a historical town which dates back 2000 years. Ancient Beerwah had a ‘Badri Kali Teerath Asthan’ –a place of Hindu pilgrimage plus a very long cave where it said that the famous Hindu Shiva philosopher Abhinava Gupta once entered this cave along with his colleagues but did not exit it. |
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In 1766 A.D., a Fort was built by the then Muslim Governor - Lal Mohammad Khatak. This fort was repaired in 1801 A.D. by Governor Abdullah Khan but unfortunately the fort was destroyed completely in 1884 A. D. in an earthquake. |
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Beerwah is famous for its dry fruits such as walnuts, pears, apricots, cherries and almonds. The use of dried fruits dates back to the 4th Millennium B. C. in Mesopotamia – the modern-day Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. These dried fruits have been a staple diet for centuries due to their nutritive value, sweet taste and long shelf life. Dried fruits were valued for their energy by the travelers. So valuable were the dried fruits considered that they were thought important to be recorded in the Assyrian and the Babylonian monuments and temples more than 5000 years ago. Today, dried fruits are majorly used in Kashmiri type of Biryani and desserts such as pies, cakes, brownies, ‘khubani ka meetha’ etc. Dried fruits are still valued as ‘energy-bars’ by travelers today. |
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Beerwah is located between plains (to the north and eastern part and to the south and south-western part). The beautiful landscape comprises elevated table lands known as "Karewas" given by Godwin-Austin (The British Geologist) first time during 1859. The name Beerwah means "beautiful" in Sanskrit, derived from springs of beerwah known as "Behroop" also means "beautiful". |
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Beerwah served as Pargana during mughal reign. It was formed out of the erstwhile of Srinagar district, achieving Tehsil status in 1962 ,making it one of the oldest tehsil headquarters of kashmir. The Budgam, Beerwah and baramullah were connected with tehsil Beerwah and it was called Tehsil Ranbir Singh Pura.It was the headquarter and tehsil of Beerwah, budgam and Baramullah). The tehsil budgam was formed later in 1979, and henceforth achieved district status with the help of chief Minister Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah to appease [[Shia]] voters |
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