Poonch House ( ur, ) is a
mansion
A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word '' manse'' originally defined a property l ...
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
It was constructed by a ruler of
Poonch jagir, Raja Moti Singh, in 1897 as a rest house.
In 1914, it got taken over by the state of
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
, and, in 1947, by the provisional government of
Azad Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee:
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* and constituting the western portion of the larger Ka ...
. It served as the office for the
Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir,
until a permanent office in Muzaffarabad was established. After a few years, in 1961, it was handed to the
Government of Pakistan.
It is under the administration of the
Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan.
It has been used as a
rest house for kings and princes of
Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
.
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Houses in Pakistan
Rawalpindi District
1897 establishments in British India
Prime Ministers of Azad Kashmir