Rajdhani (
: دمارہمغب) is a
union council in the
Kotli District,
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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, west of the city of
Kotli
Kotli ( ur}) is a city in Kotli District of Azad Kashmir in Pakistan. It lies on the Poonch River, and the river contains several notable waterfalls including the Lala Waterfall near the town of Kotli and the Gulpur Waterfalls at the village o ...
, the capital of the Kotli District and north of Azad Kashmir's rapidly expanding model city of
Mirpur
Mirpur may refer to several places:
In Bangladesh
* Mirpur Model Thana, a locality in Dhaka
** Mirpur DOHS, a neighbourhood of Dhaka
** Mirpur College, a private college
** Mirpur Stadium or Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
* Mirpur Up ...
. The Kotli-Mirpur Main Road passes through the village.
A large portion of the residents of Rajdhani who have emigrated to Europe reside in Huddersfield, Rochdale, and Oldham and surrounding areas in the United Kingdom.
Rajdhani is located in the south of the Kotli District at an elevation of 620 metres (2,040ft). The village has a population of approximately 2500, and the dominant group in the village is
Jatt. The ancestral founders of Rajdhani belong to the caste Jatt. Like most of the southern districts of Azad Kashmir, the majority of the population are ethnic Pothoharis.
The first man to travel from Rajdhani to the UK was Haji Farman Ali in the 1940s and was also a member of the British Army and UK Merchant Navy. Haji Farman Ali toured all over the world often bringing back souvenirs to share with friends and family. The first woman to emigrate from Rajdhani to the UK is Zubaida Begum who originally settled in Bradford with her late husband, Bagh Ali, in the early 1960s and currently resides in Huddersfield.
Neighbourhoods and localities
References
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MangralRajdhani Community Forum
Union councils of Kotli District
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