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Wahabpora | |
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Village | |
  Wahabpora Location in Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir  Wahabpora Wahabpora (India) | |
| Coordinates: 34°03′25″N 74°39′36″E / 34.057°N 74.660°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Budgam |
| Elevation | 1,610 m (5,280 ft) |
| Population (2011)[better source needed] | 14,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[1][2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 191111 |
| Telephone code | 01951 |
| Vehicle registration | JK04 |
| Sex ratio | 860♀/1000♂ (2011) |
| Literacy | 90.91% (2011) |
| Website | budgam |
| Wahabpora means village of providers | |
Wahabpora is a village in district Budgam in Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Situated on the banks of Aihaji River (Bada Ara/Gam kuel), Wahabpora is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away from the district headquarters Budgam and 21 kilometres (13 mi) from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The village Wahabpora consists of about six mohallahs— Peer Mohallah (Mosvey Abad), Taingapora, Watipora, Ganaiepora, New Colony and Chinar colony.[citation needed]
It is necessary to describe that Chinar colony was a part of Mosviabad and Al-Mehdi Chowk is the famous region of Chinar colony, the colony which is the central part of the village where five big chinars, about the age five hundred years old are present. The brother in law of Mughal King Jahangir and that time Governor of Kashmir Asif Khan had planted these five chinars. Chinar Garden of Wahabpora is also known as “Asif Ali Khan Bagh”. Gariend is the neighbouring village to Wahabpora. Famous plane crushing event occurred near this place is also known as Gariend-Wahabpora plane crashing event-2019. [3][4]
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- ^ "6 IAF men, 1 civilian die in chopper crash". India Today.
- ^ "7 killed as IAF aircraft crashes in Budgam". m.greaterkashmir.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.