Rawalpindi is a village in Tehsil Phagwara

Phagwara

Phagwara is a city and a municipal council in Kapurthala district in North India, in the central part of the Punjab.-Location:Phagwara lies on the Delhi–Amritsar national highway No.01 and is also served by the rail link between Delhi and Amritsar. It is located between the two big cities of...

, Kapurthala district

Kapurthala District

Kapurthala district is a district of Punjab state in northern Republic of India. The city of Kapurthala is the district headquarters....

, in Punjab

Punjab (India)

Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

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Demographics

According to the 2001 Census, Rawalpindi has a population of 1,087 people. Neighbouring villages include Sahni (Lakhpur-Sahni), Bir Dhadoli

Bir Dhadoli

Bir Dhadoli is a village near Lakhpur, Tehsil Phagwara, Kapurthala district, in Punjab, India.-Demographics:According to the 2001 Census, Bir Dhadoli has a population of 246 people. Neighbouring villages include Dhadoli, Lakhpur, Dhadday, Chak Prema, and Rawal Pindi.....

, Dhadoli

Dhadoli

Dhadoli is a village near Lakhpur, Tehsil Phagwara, Kapurthala district, in Punjab, India.-Demographics:According to the 2001 Census, Dhadoli has a population of 221 people. Neighbouring villages include Bir Dhadoli, Lakhpur, Dhadday Chak Prema, and Rawal Pindi.....

, Sri Hargobindgarh, Ramgarh and Sikri.

Rawalpindi is on the Phagwara

Phagwara

Phagwara is a city and a municipal council in Kapurthala district in North India, in the central part of the Punjab.-Location:Phagwara lies on the Delhi–Amritsar national highway No.01 and is also served by the rail link between Delhi and Amritsar. It is located between the two big cities of...

 to Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur is a city and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourth century. In 1809 it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab....

 Road. It has a Gurdwara

Gurdwara

A Gurdwara , meaning the Gateway to the Guru, is the place of worship for Sikhs, the followers of Sikhism. A Gurdwara can be identified from a distance by tall flagpoles bearing the Nishan Sahib ....

, a parade of shops on the main road and is famous for its police station

Police station

A police station or station house is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff. These buildings often contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, along with locker rooms, temporary holding cells and interview/interrogation rooms.- Facilities...

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History

Rawalpindi was a Muslim village made up of the Rawal

Rawal

The Rawal is Rajput clan . Rawal is also a last name for in state of Gujarat, India-History and origin:Bappa Rawal's, a legendary figure in Rajput history, warlike temperament commended him to the attention of Maan Mori, a local chieftain who belonged to the Parmara clan of Rajputs; Maan Mori is...

 community prior to the 1947 Partition

Partition of India

The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...

 when the Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

 families left for 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...

. The village is now inhabited by Hindus and Sikhs who left west Punjab.

Police Station

Rawalpindi police Station, presently a unit of the Sadar Police Phagwara, was adjudged the best rural police station of the country in 2007. It has also been awarded the fifth position in Asia in a competition among the police stations of the Asia Pacific in 2008. Subsequently, Rawalpindi police station and Sultanpur Lodhi police station secured the first place in another competition in 2009.

Rawalpindi Police Station is the first rural police station in India to provide a video conference system for people residing abroad and the surrounding villages. Non Resident Indians can talk directly to the police authorities including DSP Phagwara and SHO Rawalpindi.

The police station has seven CCTV cameras to monitor the working of police employees. Complaint Cards have been prepared which would be provided to the complainant showing the date of the report, the name of the enquiry officer and the status of the complaint.

The Rawalpindi police station also adheres to its Citizens Charter

Charter

A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified...

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