Pallandri Tehsil

Pallandri
پلندری
Tehsil
Pallandri is located in Azad Kashmir
Pallandri
Pallandri
Location within Azad Kashmir
Pallandri is located in Pakistan
Pallandri
Pallandri
Location within Pakistan
Coordinates: 33°42′55″N 73°41′10″E / 33.71534°N 73.6861°E / 33.71534; 73.6861
Administering countryPakistan
TerritoryAzad Kashmir
DivisionPoonch
DistrictSudhanoti
Area
: 174 
 • Total
256 km2 (99 sq mi)
Population
 (2017): 174 
 • Total
124,179
 • Density485/km2 (1,260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)

Pallandri (Urdu: پلندری), also spelled Palandri and formerly Pulandari, is a tehsil and the administrative capital of Sudhanoti District in Azad Kashmir, a part of Kashmir administered by Pakistan. It was the initial proposed capital of Azad Kashmir and the epicentre of the 1955 Poonch uprising led by the Sudhan tribe.

History

On 21 October 1947, a day before the outbreak of the India–Pakistan war of 1947–1948, an Indian journalist in Lahore, Pakistan, named Shri GK Reddy mistakenly received a trunk call from Lieutant Colonel Alavi, then the public relations officer of the Pakistan Army. Alavi believed he was speaking to a Muslim official and informed Reddy that preparations were underway to form Azad Kashmir with Pallandri as its capital. Reddy immediately fled from Lahore to Bombay (present-day Mumbai) in India and his story was reported in the weekly newspaper Blitz on 9 June 1948.

Pallandri was central to the 1955 Poonch uprising by the local Sudhan populace, which presented demands for greater autonomy. The rebellion was incited by the removal of the Sudhan leader Sardar Ibrahim Khan, and the attempted assassination of Sher Ahmed Khan in February 1955 marked the beginning of the uprising-proper.: 120–122 

Administration and geography

Pallandri is one of four tehsils (subdistricts) belonging to Sudhanoti District in Azad Kashmir, a part of Kashmir administered by Pakistan. The other three are Baloch, Mong, and Tarar Khel. The headquarters of the district government of Sudhanoti are located in Pallandri. Pallandri was part of Poonch District until Sudhanoti District was created from it following the creation of Azad Kashmir.

The tehsil spans an area of 256 square kilometres: 174  and is located some 94 kilometres away from the national capital Islamabad. There are 27 villages under the jurisdiction of Pallandri.: 93 

Demographics

The 2017 Pakistani census recorded 124,179 people living in 19,587 households in Pallandri.: 174 

Education

Cadet College Palandri AJK, a government-run boy's military academy, is located in Pallandri.

Notable people

References

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  4. ↑ Snedden, Christopher (1 December 2013). Kashmir – The Untold Story. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-93-5029-898-5. Retrieved 2 November 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 Umair, Bisma. "Pallandri". Dost Pakistan. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2026.
  6. ↑ "Cadet College Palandri AJK". Government of the State of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Retrieved 3 November 2026.