[1] It is located on the banks of the Tawi River[2] Maulana Azad Stadium has hosted home games for Jammu and Kashmir in domestic tournaments since 1966.

[1] It has also hosted one One Day International in 1988 between India and New Zealand, which was abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled.

[2] In 1995, three bomb blasts containing RDX were set off by remote control at the stadium during the parade resulting in eight deaths and fifty four injuries.

[7] The blasts occurred when Governor General K V Krishna Rao was on stage taking salute[2] with 30,000 people in attendance.

[10] Since the bombing incident in 1995 the entire turf is dug up as part of a security preparations prior to the Republic Day Parade.