Chilehana

Chilehana
چلہانہ
village
Administrative territoryPakistan
StateAzad Kashmir
Districts of PakistanNeelum District
Tehsils of Azad KashmirAthmuqam Tehsil
Time zoneUTC+05:00 (PST)

Chilehana or Chilhana[a] (چلہانہ; Potwari: [t͡ʃɪlˈĕjaːɳa]; Urdu: [t͡ʃɪlˈɦɑːnɑ]) is a border village in the Azad Kashmir. It lies upon the Neelum River, close to the Line of Control (LOC) in the Athmuqam Tehsil of the Neelam Valley District, neighbouring the village of Teetwal, in Jammu Kashmir, India, in the wider disputed Kashmir region.

History

The villages of Chilhana and Teetwal were connected with families residing in both villages. Following the Partition of Indian subcontinent in 1948, the villages were divided, separating families.[1][2]

Geography

The village lies upon the Line of Control (LOC) and located 25 miles (40 km) away from the capital Muzaffarabad.[2]

Transport

A 160-ft-long suspension bridge built in 1931 served as a link between the two villages. In 1948 it was demolished, before being jointly rebuilt in 1988.[3] In April 2005 as a cross-Line of Control (LoC) initiative, it was established as a foot-crossing connecting families in Muzaffarabad in Azad Kashmir with Srinagar in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, with the crossing point located at Chilhana village.[4] Following the revocation of Article 370, the crossing was suspended in 2019.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ also Chilliana

References

  1. ^ "India-Pakistan Partition Still Felt After 75 Years". Voice of America. 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
  2. ^ a b "Photos: 75 years after partition, Kashmiri village remains split". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  3. ^ "Kashmir village along LoC hopes divided bridge will bridge the divide". Kashmir Reader. 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  4. ^ Akhtar, Shaheen (2011–2012). "A conflict transformation approach to Kashmir" (PDF). Expanding Cross-LOC interactions. 30 (1): 3–37 – via Regional Studies.
  5. ^ Bhattacharjee, Umar Bacha | Puja (2023-07-09). "CAUGHT IN THE INDIA PAKISTAN CROSSFIRE". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
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