Sudhnoti District

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Sudhanoti () is a district of Azad Kashmir in Pakistan.

Sudhanoti was the main site from where struggle against dogras and British imperialists was made. It remained the capital of Azad Kashmir and Jammu before it was shifted to Muzaffarabad. It was named Sudhanoti in 2000, as a new district of Azad Kashmir and Jammu in the honor of the Sudhan tribe.

Administration
The district is divided into four tehsils

 Balouch Tehsil
 Trarkhal Tehsil
 Mang Tehsil
 Palandri Tehsil

Notable people

Kiran Imran Dar, Member National Assembly (MNA) Pakistan 

Aziz Khan, General of the Pakistan Army and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
 Khan Muhammad Khan, Politician and the Chairman of the War Council during the 1947 Poonch Rebellion

Population
Sudhanoti has a population of 242,000.
Kiyani/Gakhhars, Awan, Khwaja, Sudhan, Qureshi, Mughal and Dar are main tribes of this area.

References

Category:Districts of Azad Kashmir