Dewal_Sharif

Dewal

Dewal

Union council in Punjab, Pakistan

For other uses, see Dewal (disambiguation).

Dewal also known as Dewal Sharif is a Union council of Murree Tehsil, a sub division of Murree District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[1]

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According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 11,052.[2]

Dewal and Dewal Shareef

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

  1. [1]
    Official Website of City District Government of Rawalpindi Archived December 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    1998 Census of Pakistan
  3. [3]
    "Political History of Murree". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  4. [4]
    "Murree Hills". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-09-28.


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