Poonch district of AJ&K, Pakistan
Short brief history of Poonch district of AJ&K, Pakistan
Poonch District is a district of Kashmir that is divided between India and Pakistan. The Pakistani part of Poonch district is part of its Azad Kashmir territory, whilst Indian Poonch is part of Jammu and Kashmir state. The capital of the Pakistan controlled side is Rawlakot, while the capital of the Indian side is Poonch.
Around 850CE, Poonch became a sovereign state ruled by Raja Nar, who was basically a horse trader. Its name also appears in Raja Tarangini, a chronicle of Kashmir written by Kalhan.
It was called Prontsa then. According to Rajtrangani Raja Trilochan Pal
of Poonch gave a tough fight to Mahmood Ghazanavi who invaded this area
in 1020. Ghazanavi failed to enter Kashmir, as he could not capture the
fort of Lohara (modern day Lor
In 1819 this area was captured by Maharaja Ranjit Singh and it remained under the occupation of Khalsa Darbar of Lahore till 1850.
In 1850, Raja Moti Singh who was son of Raja Dhayan Singh, the Prime
Minister of Khalsa Darbar set up its separate principality known as
Poonch state. Until 1935/36 Poonch remained a separate state, under the
Khalsa Durbar. Then it was reduced to a Jagir by Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu. The period from 1850 to 1947 is considered as the Golden era of the history of Poonch.At the time of partition, there were rumours that Muslims were being
massacred in Jammu. It enraged the Poonchies and they intensified the
struggle for independence from Jammu. A major part of the district went
to Azad Kashmir. During the 1947-48 war between India and Pakistan,
Poonch city was under attack of the rebel Poonchies, Pakistani tribals
and Pakistan army for about one year. It was in the month of November
1948 that Poonch city was re-united with Indian-administered Kashmir.
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In 1596, Mughal King Jahangir made Siraj-Ud-Din ruler of Poonch.
Siraj-Ud-Din and his descendant Raja Shahbaz Khan, Raja Abdul Razak,
Raja Rustam Khan and Raja Khan Bahadur Khan ruled this area up to 1792.
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