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 politician, physician, and developer, see George B. Mowad

George B. Mowad

George B. Mowad was a physician and real estate developer who served from 1972 to 1992 as the mayor of Oakdale in Allen Parish, Louisiana.-Background:...

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Mowad is a city and a oldest municipal council in Nagpur district in Nagpur district

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, Mowad had a population of 8732. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mowad has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 68%. In Mowad, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.The pincode is 441303.

This city is also famous because of natural calamity in 30july 1991 it was flood of wardha river.

In Wardha river flash and big floods had occurred in 1959,1962,1979 and 1991. The Wardha river floods of 1962 and 1991 were very severe causing heavy loss of life, property, crops and infrastructure . After the devastating flood of 1991 (July) all the hoses in Mowad were shifted to safer sites. In terms of damages, Wardha river causes most severe damages to houses, land and infrastructure in Mowad were shifted to safer sites. However, low lying agricultural lands, crops and infrastructure like roads, electric poles, culverts, farm cattles and crops / Plantations on low lying lands of river side Mowad.