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Sonwar Bagh
Sonwar Bagh
	Sonwar Bagh Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India Sonwar Bagh Sonwar Bagh (India)
	Coordinates: 34°4′17″N 74°50′39″E / 34.07139°N 74.84417°E
Country	India
Union territory	Jammu and Kashmir
Division	Kashmir
District	Srinagar
Settled	Ancient
Government
• MLA	Mohammad Ashraf Mir
• Member of Parliament	Farooq Abdullah
Elevation	1,559.5 m (5,116.5 ft)
Languages
• Official	Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	190001 and 190004 [citation needed]

Sonwar Bagh, sometimes referred to as Sonwar, is a residential area in the Badami Bagh Cantonment region on the outskirts of Srinagar city, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is gradually becoming more commercial, as many schools, hotels and restaurants have been established there.

It is home to many politicians like the ex-Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah^[3] who became the 11th, and youngest, Chief Minister of the Indian Administered state Jammu and Kashmir.

Sonwar Bagh was one of the worst affected areas from the 2014 India–Pakistan floods in Jammu and Kashmir. It is surrounded by Takht-i-Sulaiman Hill on top of which is Shankaracharya Temple^[4]

Location

Sonwar Bagh lies parallel to the Jhelum river and National Highway road near Sonwar Bazaar (market). It is about 3–5 km (1.9–3.1 mi) from Lal Chowk, the commercial hub of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Languages

The official language of this area is Urdu. English, Hindi and Kashmiri languages are also spoken.^{[citation needed]}

Subdivisions

Due to its large area it is divided into the following subdivisions:

Iqbal Colony^[5]
Indira Nagar^[6]
Hamza Colony
Old Sonwar Mohalla
Palpora
Banumsora
Gupkar Road

Schools

There are more than ten schools in Sonwar Bagh, including:

Burn Hall School
Woodlands House School
Saint Paul's School
Rosewood School
Government Girls Higher Secondary
Cadgy middle school

2014 Kashmir floods

Sonwar Bagh was one of many areas of Srinagar, including Shivpora, Jawahar Nagar, Rajbagh, Gogji Bagh, Pandrathan, and Batwara, that was worst hit by the 2014 Kashmir floods.^{[citation needed]} Sonwar Bagh was completely submerged for 21 days. Many houses were destroyed and damaged, but only a few people were killed. The water started to enter Sonwar Bagh at about 4:00 am because of a breach in Jhelum River bund. In a few hours it reached a level of more than one and a half storeys.^{[citation needed]}