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6 unusual facts about Mirpur


Dhiren Barot

His co-accused conspirators were: Mohammed Naveed Bhatti, 24; Abdul Aziz Jalil, 31; Omar Abdul Rehman, 20; Junade Feroze, 28; Zia ul Haq, 25; Qaisar Shaffi, 25; and Nadeem Tarmohammed, 26; all Britons of Pakistani origin, most of Mirpuri descent.

Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College, Mirpur Azad Kashmir

Late premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto first announced the opening of the medical college at Mirpur in 1976; however it could not be materialized.

Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College, or MBBS Medical College, Mirpur Azad Kashmir is one of the first two public sector medical colleges in Azad Kashmir.

The institution is located in an improvised built Campus in Mirpur; a beautiful city in the south of the State, situated at the bank of Mangla Dam.

Raja Sehns Pal Khan

The Potohar plateau was at this time ruled by the Gakhar king Mang Khan Gakhar whose territory included the areas of Chana, Bhaneer and Choomukh (nowadays known as Mirpur) as well as the areas beyond and into the mountains of Kashmir.

Wahida C. Valiante

Wahida Chishti Valiante (née Chishti), the youngest of four children, was born in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, formerly part of Kashmir before the 1947 Partition.


AJK Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Mirpur

The Azad Jammu & Kashmir Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Mirpur (AJKBISE) was established in 1973 through an ordinance promulgated by the Azad Government of the State of Azad Jammu & Kashmir.

Bangladesh University of Professionals

Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) (Bengali: BUP বাংলাদেশ ইউনিভার্সিটি অব প্রফেশনালস) is the 30th public university of Bangladesh established in Mirpur, Dhaka in 2008, to run all educational institutions of the army, navy and air force and facilitate professional degrees for armed forces personnel and civilians through its affiliated institutions.

Dhakeshwari Temple

At that time the temple was covered by jungle and in its north the Urdu road went westward towards Pilkhana and at its south west was Mirpur road.

G. A. Chandrasiri

General Chandrasiri is a graduate of the Defence Services Command And Staff College, Mirpur and National Defence College, India.

Kotli

Like many Azad Kashmiris (Poonch valley - a region found in the Jammu part of Jammu and Kashmir) living in the fringes of the Mangla Dam in Mirpur, emigration fever took hold of the surrounding country from the mid 1950s onwards.

Martyred Intellectuals Day

Renowned academics, teachers, litterateurs, doctors, engineers, journalists and other eminent personalities were dragged out of their houses blindfolded and were killed before dumping the bodies in Rayerbazar, Mirpur and other killing grounds in Dhaka just two days ahead of the final victory of Bangladesh's liberation war.

Mirpur District

Mirpur District is located in southwestern Kashmir, and west of the Jammu province.

Mirpur Khas

Askhia Progressive Public High School has three campuses at different locations in the city, affiliated with BISE Mirpur Khas.

Pothohari

Pothohari dialect (Potwari), a dialect of Punjabi spoken widely by the population of the Potohar Plateau and Mirpur in neighbouring Azad Kashmir

Rani Taj

In an interview with the BBC Asian Network, she states that both of her parents were born in Mirpur, Pakistan.

Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan

Born in Hurnamera, a village of District Poonch of Kashmir, Sardar Ibrahim obtained his LLB from the University of London in 1943, and began his practice as a prosecutor in 1943 at Mirpur.


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