Doru Shahabad
| Doru Shahabad | |
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 Doru Shahabad
Doru Shahabad
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| Coordinates: 33°26′N 75°05′E / 33.43°N 75.09°ECoordinates: 33°26′N 75°05′E / 33.43°N 75.09°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Anantnag |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 199,429 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kashmiri |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Vehicle registration | JK03 |
Doru Shahabad (also written as Dooru Shahabad or only Doru) is a town and a notified area committee in Anantnag district of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir. It is also known as historical township in South Kashmir's Anantnag district. A most prominent and nationally renowned theatre professional of Jammu & Kashmir, Bhawani Bashir Yasir (NSD Alumni of 1984-87) established "Maraaz Cultural & Art Centre Shahabad" in 1977, a Regd. cultural society in Shahabad-Doru and after returning from National School of Drama (NSD), he established the first ever theater repertory of J&K - "Kalakaar Repertory Circle", in Dooru-Shahabad Anantang in 1987. In 2010, a local resident, Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, invented a walnut-cracking machine that won a prize from the Indian government. In 2011 KAS selection list, the state's topper, Mr. Shafiq Ahmad Wani, also belong to Dooru.
At the 2011 India census, Doru had a population of 199,429. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Doru had an average literacy rate of 70.61%, lower than the national average of 68%; with 83.09% of the males and 58.41% of females literate. 23% of the population was under 6 years of age.
This small township has been home to several notable personalities of Kashmiri history, Kashmiri Literature, Art and Culture. Famous Kashmiri poets, such as Rasool Mir (known as the John Keats of Kashmir), Mehmood Gami or Mahmud Gami (Jaami of Kashmir), Hamidullah Shahabadi, Asad Mir, Peer Mushkoor, Ghulam Ahmad Wani (Ama Thoker) and many others originated in Doru Shahabad. The pious religious kashmiri pandit scholar Sh.Damodhar Pandita Shahabadi also had his roots in Doru Shahabad.Doru is also inhabited by some present day heirs of Kashmiri poetry namely S.M. Maqbool Fayiz, Yasir Kashmiri, A.G. Nisar Shahbadi, Waahid Kashmiri, Figaar Kashmiri, Armaan Shahabadi , Faisal Lateef Bodha, Khawaja Ghulam Nabi Bodha, Sher Ali Bodha and the list goes on.
The famous historian of Zainul Aabideen's court, Mullah Mohammad, who translated Rajatarangini from Sanskrit into Persian, was also from Doru Shahabad. Another great historian of Kashmir, Mir Saidullah, the author of Bagh-i-Sulaiman, was from Doru Shahabad as well, as was Syed Mir Qasim, who served as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister from 1971 to 1975. Syed Hussain, the brother of Syed Mir Qasim, who served the state of Jammu and Kashmir in different capacities is still living at Dooru. He has been M.L.A, M.L.C, chairman of the legislative council and executive member of several committees. He has also been member of Indian Rajya Sabha.
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