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| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020| url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
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[[File:Uri Jehlum.JPG|thumb|[[Jhelum River]] in Uri]]
[[File:Uri Old.JPG|thumb|Old market of Uri]]
'''Uri'''<ref>{{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|اوڑی}} }}</ref> is a town and a [[tehsil]] in the [[Baramulla district]], in the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baramulla.nic.in/WebPages/administration/admin_setup.html|title=Administrative Setup in District Baramulla|publisher=Baramulla District|access-date=21 September 2016}}</ref> Uri is located on the left bank of the [[Jhelum River]], about {{convert|10|km|mi}} east of the [[Line of Control]] with [[Pakistan]].

==Location==
Uri is located at the entrance to the Kashmir Valley from the west, lying on the Jhelum Valley Road.{{sfn|Dasgupta, War and Diplomacy in Kashmir|2014|p=64}} Prior to the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|partition of Kashmir]], the road linked Uri to [[Rawalpindi]] and [[Srinagar]]. Another important road linked Uri to [[Poonch (town)|Poonch]] via the [[Haji Pir pass]].<ref name=Mani>K. D. Mani, [http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/uri-the-historical-town/ Uri: The historical town], Daily Excelsior, 6 November 2017.</ref>

Uri is at a distance of {{cvt|76|miles}} from Srinagar, {{cvt|42|miles}} from Muzaffarabad and {{cvt|49|miles}} from Poonch.<ref name=Mani/>

==History==
[[Hari Singh Nalwa]] (r. 1820–1823), the [[Sikh Empire|Sikh]] commander-administrator of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], built the fort of Uri.<ref name="Bansal2015">{{citation |last=Bansal |first=Bobby Singh |title=Remnants of the Sikh Empire: Historical Sikh Monuments in India & Pakistan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUiwDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT174 |year=2015 |publisher=Hay House, Inc |ISBN=978-93-84544-93-5 |page=174}}</ref><ref name="Lone2005">{{citation |last=Lone |first=F. A. |title=The Exploration Of Uri Sector: Kashmir Valley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NwbbAAAAMAAJ |year=2005 |publisher=Shipra Publications |ISBN=978-81-7541-222-4 |page=42}}</ref>

Following the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]] (1845–1846) and the [[Treaty of Amritsar (1846)]], Raja [[Gulab Singh]] was proclaimed the [[Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir]], acquiring all the lands between the [[Ravi River]] and the [[Indus River|Indus]].<ref>{{citation |last=Singh |first=Bawa Satinder |title=Raja Gulab Singh's Role in the First Anglo-Sikh War |journal=Modern Asian Studies |volume=5 |number=1 |year=1971 |pp=35–59 |JSTOR=311654 | doi = 10.1017/s0026749x00002845}}</ref>{{rp|51–52}} Uri became a tehsil in the [[Muzaffarabad district]] of the [[Kashmir Division|Kashmir province]].{{sfn|Snedden, Kashmir: The Unwritten History|2013}}

On 22 October 1947, the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|tribal invasion]] led to the fall of Muzaffarabad and Uri to the [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] tribes from Pakistan. The raiders then halted at [[Baramulla]].{{sfn|Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India|2010|p=58}} Following the accession of the Maharaja to India on 26 October, India air lifted troops to the Kashmir Valley, who retook Baramulla and Uri by mid-November.{{sfn|Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India|2010|p=114}} The Indian government attached utmost importance to the defence of Uri.{{sfn|Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India|2010|p=123}} Muzaffarabad, on the other hand, came under Pakistani control and became the capital of [[Azad Kashmir]]. The tehsil of Uri was subsequently merged into the [[Baramulla district]].

===2016 Uri Terrorist Attacks===
{{main|2016 Uri attack}}
At around 6:30 a.m. on 18 September, four terrorists attacked an [[Indian Army]] Brigade headquarters at Uri near the [[Line of Control]]. They are said to have lobbed 17 grenades in 3 minutes. A rear administrative base camp with tents caught fire and 13-14 army personnel were killed. A six-hour gun battle ensued, during which all four terrorists were killed. An additional 19-30 soldiers were reported to have been injured in the attack.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Uri-terror-attack-Indian-Army-camp-attacked-in-Jammu-and-Kashmir-17-killed-19-injured/articleshow/54389451.cms Uri terror attack: 17 soldiers killed, 19 injured in strike on Army camp], Times of India, 18 September 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tents set on fire, troops shot while coming out|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/militants-attack-army-battalion-in-uri-tents-set-on-fire-troops-shot-while-coming-out/article9120925.ece?homepage=true|access-date=18 September 2016|work=The Hindu|date=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/uri-attack-inside-story-pashtun-map-pakistani-ammunition-jash-e-mohammed/1/767345.html Uri attack: An inside story of how it happened], India Today, 18 September 2016.</ref><ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/sequence-of-the-uri-attack-the-plan-of-the-terrorists/articleshow/54397873.cms Sequence of the Uri attack & the plan of the terrorists], The Economic Times, 19 September 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.thequint.com/india/2016/09/18/militants-attack-army-headquarters-in-uri-kashmir-firing-ongoing Uri Attack: Most of the 17 Soldiers Died in a Tent Fire], The Quint, 19 September 2016.
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==Demographics==
As of 2011, the town of Uri has a population of 9,366 of which 6,674 (71%) are males and 2,692 (29%) are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=1083|title= Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|publisher= Census of India}}</ref> Uri has an average literacy rate of 88.46%, higher than the national average of 76%. Male literacy is 95.27%, and female literacy is 70.02%. Child sex ratio is approximately 851 as compared to state average of 862 and the population of children under 6 years of age is 879 which is 9.39% of the total population.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{citation |last=Dasgupta |first=C. |author-link=Chandrashekhar Dasgupta |title=War and Diplomacy in Kashmir, 1947-48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEtuAAAAMAAJ |date=2014 |orig-year=first published 2002 |publisher=SAGE Publications |ISBN=978-81-321-1795-7 |ref={{sfnref|Dasgupta, War and Diplomacy in Kashmir|2014}}}}
* {{citation |last=Raghavan |first=Srinath |title=War and Peace in Modern India: A Strategic History of the Nehru Years |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbtBJb1bsHUC&pg=PA101 |date=2010 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |ISBN=978-1-137-00737-7 |ref={{sfnref|Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India|2010}}}}
* {{citation |first=Christopher |last=Snedden |author-link=Christopher Snedden |title=Kashmir: The Unwritten History |publisher=HarperCollins India |year=2013 |ISBN=9350298988 |orig-year=first published as ''The Untold Story of the People of Azad Kashmir'', 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0cPjAAAAQBAJ |ref={{sfnref|Snedden, Kashmir: The Unwritten History|2013}}}}

==Further reading==
* [http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/uri-attack-baramulla-army-headquarters-kashmir-loc-india-pakistan-3048498/ A town called Uri — How the September 18 attack may now change it], The Indian Express, 25 September 2016.

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