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Quaid-e-Azam Tourist Lodge, Barsala
Quaid-e-Azam Tourist Lodge ( ur, قائدِ اعظم سیاحی لاج), also known as the Barsala Tourist Lodge, Dak Bungalow, and Quaid-i-Azam Memorial Rest House, is a historic dak bungalow located in Kohala, Muzaffarabad District, Azad Kashmir. It is named after the first Governor-General of Pakistan, Pakistani governor-general, Muhammad Ali Jinnah known as Quaid-e-Azam, who resided there in 1944. Location The lodge serves as a popular tourist attraction. It is located at a distance of from Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, and from Muree. On the way to Muzaffarabad, the Azad Kashmir capital, it is only 3 km (2 mi) from the Kohala Bridge, that serves as the entry point to Azad Kashmir. Historical significance The lodge was first built during the Dogra rule by the Hindu Dogra dynasty. The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and his sister Madar-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah, stayed here on 25 July 1944 when they were returning from Srinagar on their way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muzaffarabad District
The Muzaffarabad District ( ur, ) is one of the 10 districts of Pakistan's dependent territory of Azad Kashmir. The district is located on the banks of the Jhelum River, Jhelum and Neelum River, Neelum rivers and is very hilly. The total area of the Muzaffarabad District is . The district is part of the Muzaffarabad Division, and the city of Muzaffarabad serves as the capital of Azad Kashmir. The district is bounded on the north-east by the Neelum District and the Kupwara District of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, on the south-east by the Hattian Bala District, on the south by the Bagh District, and on the west by the Mansehra District and the Abbottabad District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. Population and languages The total population of the district according to the 2017 census is 650,370. The main language of the district, spoken by about half of its inhabitants, is generally considered to be a variety of Pahari (Pothwari), Pahari. Though occasionall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |