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History of Poonch district

Poonch district was a district of princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is currently divided into Pakistan administrated Azad Kashmir and Indian administrated Jammu and Kashmir.The Pakistani controlled part is Poonch division and its capital is Rawalakot and Indian controlled part is Poonch district and its capital is Poonch.


Ancient history:

Poonch has witnessed many historical era. 
In 326BC , when Alexander the Great invaded the lower Jehlum belt ( known as Abhisara in ancient times) to fight with Porus. At that time this region was known as dravabhisar, inhabited by Drava and Abisara Tribe.
In 6th centuary AD, famous Chinese traveler Huien Tsang passed through this area.He wrote that this area was famous for graphics, fine tea (musloom) and good horses.
In 850AD, Poonch became sovereign state ruled by Raja Nar (Horse trader).
According to Rajtrangani, Raja Trilochan Pal of Poonch gave a tough fight toMehmood Ghaznavi, who tried to invade Poonch.

Medieval era:

In 1596, Mughal king Jhangir made Siraj-ud-Din the ruler of Poonch.
From  1596 -1792 AD, Siraj-ud-Din and his descendants ruled this area.
In 1819, this area was captured by Maharaja Ranjit Singh and it remained under the occupation of Khalsa darbar Lahore till 1850.

Modern era:

In 1850, Raj Moti Singh (son of Raj Dhyon Singh, prime minister of Khalsa Darbar) setup a separate principality  khown as Poonch state, laid foundation of Dogra Raj in Poonch.
Dogra dynasty ruled poonch state from 1850-1947.
In 1940,on the death of Raja Jugat Dev Singh, Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan became administrator of Poonch under the order of Kashmir government.

In 1947 ,after the partition two half tehsil  of Poonch came under the administration of Pakistan, and the rest was under Indian administration.

The era of 1850 -1947 called as golden period of history of Poonch.
Principality of poonch got status of state in
1901AD, during the reign of Raja Beldaiv Singh.




              

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