Poonch Airport, the Glossary
Poonch Airport (also known as Poonch Airstrip) is an airport located in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.[1]
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25 relations: Air Deccan, Airports Authority of India, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, G. R. Gopinath, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Hawker Tempest, India, Indian Army, Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948, Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jawaharlal Nehru, Kashmir Valley, Lashkar-e-Taiba, List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehar Singh (IAF officer), Outlook (Indian magazine), Pakistan Army, Poonch (town), Poonch district, India, Prime Minister of India, Royal Indian Air Force, Supermarine Spitfire, The Indian Express, The Times of India, The Tribune (India).
- Airports in Jammu and Kashmir
- Jammu and Kashmir State Forces
- Transport in Poonch
Air Deccan
Air Deccan was an Indian regional airline operating from Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
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The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India.
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Douglas C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner.
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G. R. Gopinath
Captain Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Gopinath (born 13 November 1951) is an Indian entrepreneur, the founder of Air Deccan, a retired Captain of the Indian Army, an author and a politician.
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Ghulam Nabi Azad
Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 7 March 1949) is an Indian politician who served as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha between 2014 and 2021.
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Hawker Tempest
The Hawker Tempest is a British fighter aircraft that was primarily used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Second World War.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces.
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Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948
The Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948, also known as the first Kashmir war, was a war fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to 1948.
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Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)
Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and between India and China since 1959.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, author and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century.
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Kashmir Valley
The Kashmir Valley, also known as the Vale of Kashmir, is an intermontane valley in northern Jammu and Kashmir, a region in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Lashkar-e-Taiba
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT; لشکرِ طیبہ; literally Army of the Good, translated as Army of the Righteous, or Army of the Pure and alternatively spelled as Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-i-Taiba, Lashkar-i-Tayyeba) is a terrorist group formed in Pakistan, and a militant and Islamist Salafi jihadist organisation.
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List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir
The chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir was the title given to the head of government of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Mehar Singh (IAF officer)
Air Commodore Mehar Singh, MVC, DSO, (20 March 1915 – 11 March 1952) was a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force.
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Outlook (Indian magazine)
Outlook is a weekly general interest English and Hindi news magazine published in India.
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Pakistan Army
The Pakistan Army, commonly known as the Pak Army (پاک فوج|translit.
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Poonch (town)
Poonch (or Punch), (called Prunts in the Kashmiri, Gojri & Pahari languages) is a town and the administrative headquarters of the Poonch district, of the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which is part of the larger disputed territory of Kashmir.
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Poonch district, India
Poonch or Punch is a district of the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary sources (a) through (d), reflecting due weight in the coverage.
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Prime Minister of India
The prime minister of India (ISO) is the head of government of the Republic of India.
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Royal Indian Air Force
The Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) was the aerial force of British India and later the Dominion of India.
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Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II.
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The Indian Express
The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by Ramnath Goenka with an investment by capitalist partner Raja Mohan Prasad.
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The Times of India
The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.
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The Tribune (India)
The Tribune is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Chandigarh and Gurugram.
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See also
Airports in Jammu and Kashmir
- Awantipur Air Force Station
- Jammu Airport
- Kishtwar Airport
- Poonch Airport
- Rajouri Airport
- Srinagar Airport
Jammu and Kashmir State Forces
- 1947 Gilgit rebellion
- Aslam Khan (Pakistani brigadier)
- Battle of Rawalakot
- Battle of Thorgo
- Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
- Kashmir Singh Katoch
- Mirza Hassan Khan
- Narain Singh Sambyal
- Poonch Airport
- Rajinder Singh (brigadier)
- Sher Jung Thapa
- Siege of Skardu
Transport in Poonch
- 1963 Poonch Indian Air Force helicopter crash
- Jammu–Poonch line
- Mughal Road
- National Highway 144A (India)
- Poonch Airport
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poonch_Airport
Also known as Poonch Airfield, Poonch Airstrip.