Poonch Division
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| Administering country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Azad Kashmir |
| Capital | Rawalakot |
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| • Type | Divisional Administration |
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The Poonch Division (Template:Langx) is a first-order administrative division of the Pakistani–administered territory of Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir.[1] It comprises the portion of the former Poonch Jagir of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir that came under Pakistani control at the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.[2]
History
Poonch Division has historically played an important role in the political history of the Kashmir region. The region witnessed several uprisings and rebellions, including the Poonch rebellion of 1837 against the Dogra authorities and the 1947 Poonch rebellion during the partition of British India.[3]
The 1947 uprising in Poonch contributed to the establishment of Azad Kashmir during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948. Sardar Ibrahim Khan, the founding president of Azad Kashmir, belonged to the Poonch region and was among the prominent leaders associated with the movement.[4]
The region also witnessed the 1955 Poonch uprising, which emerged in response to political developments and administrative changes in Azad Kashmir.[5]
Demographics
Social groups
Sudhans are one of the major and historically dominant ethnic groups of Poonch Division[6][7][8][9][10], particularly concentrated in the districts of Poonch and Sudhanoti. Other ethnic groups found in the division are Sayeds, Awans, Ghakars, Maldiyals, Rajgan, Gujjar, Mughal, Qureshi and Hashmi.[11] Rawalakot serves as the headquarters and administrative capital of the Poonch Division of Azad Kashmir. Rawalakot is considered a cultural and demographic center of the Sudhan tribe, one of the largest tribes in the Poonch region.[12]
Language
Pahari and Gujari are two major languages spoken in Poonch division.[13] Other languages also spoken in the division include Kashmiri, Punjabi, Dogri, Hindko, and Urdu.
Administrative districts
Currently, the Poonch Division consists of the following districts:
| District | Area
(km²) |
Pop.
(2017) |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2017) |
Literacy rate
(2017) |
Union Councils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poonch District | 855 | 500,571 | 585 | 4 | |
| Bagh District | 770 | 371,919 | 483 | 3 | |
| Haveli District | 598 | 152,124 | 254 | 3 | |
| Sudhanoti District | 569 | 297,584 | 523 | 4 |
References
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- ^ a b c The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary sources (a) through (e), reflecting due weight in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (h) through (i) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (j) below).
(a) Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 15 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories.";
(b) Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pletcher, Kenneth, Aksai Chin, Plateau Region, Asia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 16 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state.";
(c) Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kashmir", Encyclopedia Americana, Scholastic Library Publishing, 2006, p. 328, ISBN 978-0-7172-0139-6 C. E Bosworth, University of Manchester Quote: "KASHMIR, kash'mer, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, administered partly by India, partly by Pakistan, and partly by China. The region has been the subject of a bitter dispute between India and Pakistan since they became independent in 1947";
(d) Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Osmańczyk, Edmund Jan (2003), Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: G to M, Taylor & Francis, pp. 1191–, ISBN 978-0-415-93922-5 Quote: "Jammu and Kashmir: Territory in northwestern India, subject to a dispute between India and Pakistan. It has borders with Pakistan and China."
(e) Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Talbot, Ian (2016), A History of Modern South Asia: Politics, States, Diasporas, Yale University Press, pp. 28–29, ISBN 978-0-300-19694-8 Quote: "We move from a disputed international border to a dotted line on the map that represents a military border not recognized in international law. The line of control separates the Indian and Pakistani administered areas of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir.";
(f) Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Skutsch, Carl (2015) [2007], "China: Border War with India, 1962", in Ciment, James (ed.), Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II (2nd ed.), London and New York: Routledge, p. 573, ISBN 978-0-7656-8005-1,The situation between the two nations was complicated by the 1957–1959 uprising by Tibetans against Chinese rule. Refugees poured across the Indian border, and the Indian public was outraged. Any compromise with China on the border issue became impossible. Similarly, China was offended that India had given political asylum to the Dalai Lama when he fled across the border in March 1959. In late 1959, there were shots fired between border patrols operating along both the ill-defined McMahon Line and in the Aksai Chin.
(g) Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Clary, Christopher (2022), The Difficult Politics of Peace: Rivalry in Modern South Asia, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, p. 109, ISBN 9780197638408,Territorial Dispute: The situation along the Sino-Indian frontier continued to worsen. In late July (1959), an Indian reconnaissance patrol was blocked, "apprehended," and eventually expelled after three weeks in custody at the hands of a larger Chinese force near Khurnak Fort in Aksai Chin. ... Circumstances worsened further in October 1959, when a major class at Kongka Pass in eastern Ladakh led to nine dead and ten captured Indian border personnel, making it by far the most serious Sino-Indian class since India's independence.
(h) Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bose, Sumantra (2009), Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace, Harvard University Press, pp. 294, 291, 293, ISBN 978-0-674-02855-5 Quote: "J&K: Jammu and Kashmir. The former princely state that is the subject of the Kashmir dispute. Besides IJK (Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The larger and more populous part of the former princely state. It has a population of slightly over 10 million, and comprises three regions: Kashmir Valley, Jammu, and Ladakh.) and AJK ('Azad" (Free) Jammu and Kashmir. The more populous part of Pakistani-controlled J&K, with a population of approximately 2.5 million.), it includes the sparsely populated "Northern Areas" of Gilgit and Baltistan, remote mountainous regions which are directly administered, unlike AJK, by the Pakistani central authorities, and some high-altitude uninhabitable tracts under Chinese control."
(i) Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fisher, Michael H. (2018), An Environmental History of India: From Earliest Times to the Twenty-First Century, Cambridge University Press, p. 166, ISBN 978-1-107-11162-2 Quote: "Kashmir’s identity remains hotly disputed with a UN-supervised “Line of Control” still separating Pakistani-held Azad (“Free”) Kashmir from Indian-held Kashmir.";
(j) Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Snedden, Christopher (2015), Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris, Oxford University Press, p. 10, ISBN 978-1-84904-621-3 Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'." - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Poonch House: A Historical Gem in Rawalpindi - Azadi Times". 2023-06-25. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Grewal, Brigadier J. S. (2022-08-01). Poonch: India’s Invincible Citadel. Lancer Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7062-345-8.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Guides, India Army Corps of (1938). History of the Guides, 1846-[1947]: 1922-1947, by Sir George MacMunn. Gale & Polden.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chander, Prof Suresh (2025-12-09). Kashmir Sale That Never Was: How a Rs. 75 lakhs payment became a myth that rocked Kashmir. Notion Press. ISBN 979-8-90054-268-3.
- ^ Muhammad Ibrahim Khan. The Kashmir Saga. Lahore: Allied Business Corporation, 1990. p. 107.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Talbot, Ian (2016-01-28). A History of Modern South Asia: Politics, States, Diasporas. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-21659-2.
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