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Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Urdu: آزاد جموں و کشمیر, romanized: Āzād Jammū̃ o Kaśmīr ⓘ, lit. 'Free Jammu and Kashmir'), [6] abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir (/ ˌ ɑː z æ d k æ ʃ ˈ m ɪər / AH-zad kash-MEER), [7] is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entity [8] and constituting the western portion of the ...
Azad Kashmir is a dependent territory of Pakistan. It has 10 first-order administrative divisions called "districts," and each district is divided into tehsils. Geographically, the northern districts of Azad Kashmir encompass the lower part of the Himalayas.
The district headquarters is the city of Rawalakot. It is the third most populous district of Azad Kashmir. [4] [5] The main language is Pahari ("Punchi"), native to an estimated 95% of the population, but there are also speakers of Gujari, [6] while Urdu has official status. Map of Azad Kashmir with the Poonch District highlighted in red
The district headquarters is the city of Bagh, which is situated 46 km from Rawalakot. It is said that a bagh (garden) was set up by a landowner where the premises of the Forest Department are now located. As a result, the area that is now the district headquarters was named "Bagh". [6] [7] Map of Azad Kashmir with the Bagh District highlighted ...
The Muzaffarabad District (Urdu: ضلع مُظفّرآباد) is a district of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is one of the 10 districts of this dependent territory. The district is located on the banks of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers and is very hilly. The total area of the Muzaffarabad District is ...
Sudhanoti (Urdu: سدھنوتی ) is one of the 10 districts of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] [4] The Sudhanoti District is bounded on the north and east by the Poonch District, [5] on the south by the Kotli District, and on the west by the Rawalpindi District of Pakistan's Punjab Province.
Gulab Singh, The first Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, which was founded in 1846. 1909 Map of the Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu. The names of regions, important cities, rivers, and mountains are underlined in red. In 1845, the First Anglo-Sikh War broke out. According to The Imperial Gazetteer of India:
The city was part of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir led by Maharaja Hari Singh, which chose to remain independent after the Partition of India. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 Mirpur was captured by the local rebels and tribal forces along with local intervention on 25 November 1947 and became part of Azad Kashmir .