Chawinda
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Chawinda is a town of the tehsil
Pasrur of Sialkot District
in the Punjab
province of Pakistan
. It is located at 32°23'08.05" N 74°42'43.94" E with an altitude of 165 metres (544 feet). It is known as "the Graveyard of Tanks" because of the large number of tanks destroyed in Battle of Chawinda
during 1965 Indo Pak war. It is located north of Pasrur and south east of Sialkot. It is linked to the cities of Sialkot and Narowal through Rail and Road. It is also linked through road to the towns of Zafarawal in the east and Chobara and Kingra and KHANA WALI in the north. It has two government boys high schools, one girls college, a health centre, and a number of private education centres.
Prof. Abdul Qayyum is one of the significant names of Chawinda.
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
Pasrur of Sialkot District
Sialkot District
Sialkot District or the District of Sialkot , is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the north-east of the province...
in the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It is located at 32°23'08.05" N 74°42'43.94" E with an altitude of 165 metres (544 feet). It is known as "the Graveyard of Tanks" because of the large number of tanks destroyed in Battle of Chawinda
Battle of Chawinda
The Battle of Chawinda was a part of the Sialkot Campaign in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. It was one of the largest tank battles since the Battle of Kursk in World War II....
during 1965 Indo Pak war. It is located north of Pasrur and south east of Sialkot. It is linked to the cities of Sialkot and Narowal through Rail and Road. It is also linked through road to the towns of Zafarawal in the east and Chobara and Kingra and KHANA WALI in the north. It has two government boys high schools, one girls college, a health centre, and a number of private education centres.
Prof. Abdul Qayyum is one of the significant names of Chawinda.