Azad Jammu and Kashmir abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir,is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entity and constituting the western portion of the larger Kashmir region,which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947. Azad Kashmir also shares borders with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the south and west,respectively. On its eastern side,Azad Kashmir is separated from the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir by the Line of Control (LoC),which serves as the de facto border between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir. Geographically,it covers a total area of 13,297 km2 (5,134 sq mi) and has a total population of 4,045,366 as per the 2017 national census.
Isfahan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Isfahan. The province is in the center of the country in Iran's Region 2,whose secretariat is located in Isfahan.
Markazi Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. The word markazi means "central" in Persian and the province lies in central Iran. Its capital is the city of Arak.
Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini Azad;11 November 1888 –22 February 1958) was an Indian independence activist,writer and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. Following India's independence,he became the First Minister of Education in the Indian government. He is commonly remembered as Maulana Azad;the word Maulana is an honorific meaning 'Our Master' and he had adopted Azad (Free) as his pen name. His contribution to establishing the education foundation in India is recognised by celebrating his birthday as National Education Day across India.
Ghulam Nabi Azad is an Indian politician who served as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha between 2014 and 2021. He also served as the Chief Minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from 2005 to 2008. On 26 September 2022,Azad announced his own political party as Democratic Progressive Azad Party. He is the chief patron cum founder of Democratic Progressive Azad Party.
Muzaffarabad is a city in Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is the largest city and the capital of Azad Kashmir,which is a Pakistani-administered administrative territory.
The Provisional Government of Free India or,more simply,Azad Hind,was a short-lived Japanese-controlled provisional government in India. It was established in Japanese occupied Singapore during World War II in October 1943 and has been considered a puppet state of the Empire of Japan.
Chandra Shekhar Sitaram Tiwari,popularly known as Chandra Shekhar Azad,was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the death of its founder,Ram Prasad Bismil,and three other prominent party leaders,Roshan Singh,Rajendra Nath Lahiri and Ashfaqulla Khan. He hailed from Bardarka village in Unnao district of United Provinces and his parents were Sitaram Tiwari and Jagrani Devi. He often used the pseudonym "Balraj" while signing pamphlets issued as the commander-in-chief of the HSRA.
Afshan Noor Azad-Kazi is a British actress,model,and media personality. She is best known for playing the role of Padma Patil in the Harry Potter film series,beginning in 2005 with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Rawalakot is the capital of Poonch district in Azad Kashmir,Pakistan. It is located in the Pir Panjal Range.
The Islamic Azad University is a private university system headquartered in Tehran,Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities in the world. Besides Iran,the university has international satellite branches in countries such as Afghanistan,the United Arab Emirates,Lebanon and the United Kingdom.
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal is a public technical university located in Bhopal,Madhya Pradesh,India. It is part of a group of publicly funded institutions in India known as National Institutes of Technology. It is named after the Independent India's first Minister of Education (India),scholar and independence activist Abul Kalam Azad who is commonly remembered as Maulana Azad.
Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan was a Kashmiri revolutionary leader and politician,who led the 1947 Poonch Rebellion against absolute rule of the Maharaja in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and played a key role in the First Kashmir War,supporting Pakistan. He served as the President of Azad Kashmir for 13 years across four non-consecutive terms and still remains the longest-serving president of the state,since its establishment.
Azad Moopen is an Indian healthcare entrepreneur. He is the developer of many healthcare facilities in Asia-Pacific. He is also the chairman and managing director of Aster DM Healthcare,a healthcare conglomerate in the Middle East and India founded in 1987.
Islamic Azad University,Central Tehran Branch is a private research university located in Tehran,Iran. Founded in 1982,Central Tehran is the flagship institution of the universities affiliated with Islamic Azad University system. The university is the oldest,the largest and the top university among all branches of Islamic Azad University academic organization,established in 1982,originally as the Islamic Azad University of Tehran. The university campuses rest on 297,904 m2 (3,206,610 sq ft) of various districts of Tehran. It offers approximately 488 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines such as sciences,engineering,art,architecture,humanities and social sciences.
Shameema Dev Azad is an Indian singer from Jammu and Kashmir. She is married to Ghulam Nabi Azad,former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Azad Kashmir Day is celebrated in Azad Kashmir on 24 October each year. It commemorates the date of the establishment of the state in 1947.
Vishwanath Vaishampayan was an Indian revolutionary and member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
