Uri, Jammu and Kashmir
Uri | |
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Town | |
UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
PIN | 193123 |
Telephone code | 01956 |
Vehicle registration | JK 05 |
Sex ratio | 1.13 |
Literacy | 83% |
Website | www |
Uri (Urdu pronunciation: [uː.ɽiː]) is a town and a tehsil in the Baramulla district, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[3] Uri is located on the left bank of the Jhelum River, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the Line of Control with Pakistan.
Location
Uri is located at the entrance to the Kashmir Valley from the west, lying on the Jhelum Valley Road.
Uri is at a distance of 76 mi (122 km) from Srinagar, 42 mi (68 km) from Muzaffarabad and 49 mi (79 km) from Poonch.[5]
History
Hari Singh Nalwa (r. 1820–1823), the Sikh commander-administrator of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, built the fort of Uri.[6][7]
Following the
On 22 October 1947, the
2016 attacks
At around 5:30 a.m. on 18 September, four terrorists attacked an Indian Army Brigade headquarters at Uri near the Line of Control. They are said to have lobbed 17 grenades in 3 minutes. A rear administrative base camp with tents caught fire and 13-14 army personnel were killed. A six-hour gun battle ensued, during which all four terrorists were killed. An additional 19-30 soldiers were reported to have been injured in the attack.[14][15][16][17][18]
Demographics
As of 2011, the town of Uri has a population of 9,366 of which 6,674 (71%) are males and 2,692 (29%) are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011.[20] Uri has an average literacy rate of 88.46%, higher than the national average of 76%. Male literacy is 95.27%, and female literacy is 70.02%. Child sex ratio is approximately 851 as compared to the state average of 862 and the population of children under 6 years of age is 879 which is 9.39% of the total population.
Religion
Islam is followed by almost 99% of the population of Uri. Around 0.05 people are followers of Hinduism and 0.50% follow Sikhism.[19]
References
- ^ "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Administrative Setup in District Baramulla". Baramulla District. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ Dasgupta, War and Diplomacy in Kashmir 2014, p. 64.
- ^ a b K. D. Mani, Uri: The historical town, Daily Excelsior, 6 November 2017.
- ISBN 978-93-84544-93-5
- ISBN 978-81-7541-222-4
- S2CID 145500298
- ^ Snedden, Kashmir: The Unwritten History 2013.
- ^ Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India 2010, p. 58.
- ^ Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India 2010, p. 114.
- ^ Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India 2010, p. 123.
- ^ "SIA raids multiple locations in Baramulla in Narc-militancy funding case". 19 July 2022.
- ^ Uri terror attack: 17 soldiers killed, 19 injured in strike on Army camp, Times of India, 18 September 2016.
- ^ "Tents set on fire, troops shot while coming out". The Hindu. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ Uri attack: An inside story of how it happened, India Today, 18 September 2016.
- ^ Sequence of the Uri attack & the plan of the terrorists, The Economic Times, 19 September 2016.
- ^ Uri Attack: Most of the 17 Soldiers Died in a Tent Fire, The Quint, 19 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Uri population". Census India 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census of India.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-81-321-1795-7
- Raghavan, Srinath (2010), War and Peace in Modern India: A Strategic History of the Nehru Years, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-137-00737-7
- ISBN 978-9350298985
Further reading
- A town called Uri — How the September 18 attack may now change it, The Indian Express, 25 September 2016.