Sonwar Bagh

Sonwar Bagh
Sonwar Bagh

Location in srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Coordinates: 34°4′16.56″N 74°50′38.27″E / 34.0712667°N 74.8439639°E / 34.0712667; 74.8439639Coordinates: 34°4′16.56″N 74°50′38.27″E / 34.0712667°N 74.8439639°E / 34.0712667; 74.8439639
District Srinagar district
Settled Ancient
Elevation 1,559.5 m (5,116.5 ft)
Languages
 • Official Urdu, Kashmiri
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 190001 and 190004

Sonwar Bagh, sometimes referred to as Sonwar, is a residential area in Badami Bagh Cantonment on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. It is gradually becoming more commercial, as many schools, hotels and restaurants have been established there. It is home to many politicians like the ex-Chief Minister Omar Abdullah[1] who became the 11th, and youngest, Chief Minister of the Indian Administered state Jammu and Kashmir and also lost the 2014 Sonwar assembly constituency in Srinagar. Sonwar Bagh was one of the worst affected areas from the 2014 India–Pakistan floods in Jammu and Kashmir. It is surrounded by Sulaiman Hill on top of which is Shankaracharya Temple.

Location

Sonwar Bagh is located at 34°04'16.56"N 74°50'38.27"E approximately. It lies parallel to the Jhelum river and National Highway road near Sonwar Bazaar(market). It is about 3–5 km from Lal Chowk, the commercial hub of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

Languages

The official language of this area is Urdu. English, Hindi and Kashmiri languages are also spoken.

Subdivisions

Due to its large area it is divided into following Subdivisions

Schools

There are about more than 10 schools in Sonwar Bagh including:

2014 Kashmir Floods

Sonwar Bagh was one of many areas of Srinagar, including Shivpora, Jawahar Nagar, Rajbagh, Gogji Bagh, Pandrathan, and Batwara, that was worst hit by 2014 Kashmir floods. Sonwar Bagh was completely submerged for 21 days. Many houses were destroyed and damaged due to the floods but only a few were killed. The water started to enter Sonwar Bagh at about 4:00 am because of a breach in Jhelum River bund. It took it just a few hours to reach a level to completely fill more than one and a half storeys. After the floods people returned to their houses, started to clean up the mess, and returned to routine life again which was now difficult to handle.

Features

The main pincodes of this area include 190001 and 190004.

Hospitals

GP Panth Hospital, Kashmir's only children's hospital, is situated in Sonwar Bagh.[3]

Hotels

There are many hotels in Sonwar Bagh. The most famous of them are:

Restaurants and Cafe's

References

  1. ↑ "Omar Abdullah News". Faisal Wani.
  2. ↑ "Indra Nagar and Iqbal colony mentioned as subdivisions of Sonwar Bagh". Faisal Wani.
  3. ↑ "GP Panth kashmirs only child hospital situated at sonwar bagh". Faisal Wani.
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