In a historic recognition, on 25th July 2022, the Govt. of India, Ministry of Communication, sanctioned a ₹5 commemorative postal stamp in the name of Ch. Wazir Mohd Hakla Poonchi under the category – “Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav (AKAM), Unsung Heroes” and this Postal Stamp was released on 24th July 2024 by Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of J&K – Shri Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan, Srinagar, Kashmir.
Late Choudhary Wazir Mohd Hakla Poonchi is the first ever personality among Gujjars of Jammu & Kashmir on whom this postal stamp was issued and sixth person in the whole Jammu & Kashmir (after Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh, Shri Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, General Zorawar Singh Ji, Brigadier Rajinder Singh Jamwal ji & Shri Peerzada Ghulam Ahmed Mehjoor) on whom this esteemed postal stamp was issued.
Moreover, in the year 2025, the Department of Higher Education and School Education, J&K Government, ordered the placement of his portrait & postal stamp photo frame in all government Degree Colleges of Jammu Province and all the Higher Secondary and High Schools of Jammu Province. The postal stamp photo frame was also placed at all Post Offices and Government offices in the Poonch districts and at many areas of District Rajouri. Moreover at hospitals of the Poonch district, Government Medical College, Rajouri, J&K, and at the Jammu University’s Central Library and waiting hall of Vice Chancellor’s secretariat, Jammu University. ( The photographs of all these can be seen in the photos section already uploaded under the category – LATE CHOUDHARY WAZIR MOHD HAKLA POONCHI).
