14 Facts About Poonch

1. School infrastructure score of district Poonch is 14.88, ranking the district at number at 151, which places it in the bottom five districts in all of Pakistan relating to infrastructure.

2. Poonch is the most improved district in terms of middle schools over the past 5 years.

3. The Raja of Poonch was not to effect any administrative changes in the territory of Poonch without prior consultation with the Maharaja of Kashmir.

4. The Raja of Poonch had to present to the Maharaja one horse with gold trappings.

5. Poonch was included in the transfer of the hilly country to Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir in 1848.

6. Poonch is one of the 10 districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

7. Poonchis enlisted as 'Punjabi Musalmans' and served in the Punjab Regiment.

8. The Raja of Poonch owned all the land in the jagir.

9. The sanad mentioned, among others, that Poonch was a jagir and implemented several encroachments on the administration of Poonch.

10. In 1837, the hill tribes of Poonch launched a rebellion, which Gulab Singh suppressed with some cruelty.

11. Around 850CE, Poonch became a sovereign state ruled by Raja Nar, who was basically a horse trader.

12. Around 850 AD Poonch became a sovereign state ruled by Raja Nar, who was basically a horse trader.

13. Poonch has a humid subtropical climate, much cooler than what is found in much of the rest of India, due to its moderately high elevation and northerly position.

14. Poonch is a town and a municipal council in Poonch District in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.