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Raja Muhammad Akbar Khan

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Name
  
Raja Akbar


Died
  
1960

04-Talk || Raja Muhammad Akbar Khan || Tareekh-e-Mirpur


Raja Akbar Khan belonged to the Mirpur district of Jammu and Kashmir and was a famous activist of the freedom movement of Kashmir. He was responsible for educating the people of Mirpur on how to get rid of suppressing powers. He joined All Jammu and the Kashmir Muslim Conference, and later became a nationalist. He was imprisoned in Jammu after arranging a big disturbance against Toheen of Quran in Jammu.

Zaildar Raja Sajjawal Khan was an active leader of All Jammu and the Kashmir Muslim Conference. He was born in Mehmunpur Rajgan, Khari Sharif and was a good friend of Raja Akbar Khan and Maharaja. He became the first Muslim Zaildar of the lower Khari Sharif area after defeating Hindu Zaildar Badri Nath of the village of Jangian Kotla. He helped people who came from Jammu and Rajori after the partition of India. Raja Karam Dad Khan was born in Garruhtta in the teshil of Sehnsa. He joined the British army in his youth and became a lieutenant. When he saw Dogras oppressing the innocent Kashmiri Muslims, he left the army and came to protect his homeland. He befriended Colonel Mehmood Khan, Raja Sakhi Daler Khan and Raja Saif Ali Khan. They inspired the people and headed to the dogras, and freed the Lachmi Pattan and named it Azad Pattan. Then, they attacked the famous fort of Tharochi and conquered it. He died in 1960 and is buried at Keri Garruhtta in the Tehsil Of Sehnsa. He had two sons, Raja Muhammad Saleem Khan and Raja Muhammad Nawas Mungral. The whole story is in the famous book of Tareekh Mungral, written by Anjum Sultan Shahbaz and Raja Saboor Khan From Sehnsa Azad Kashmir.


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Raja Muhammad Akbar Khan Wikipedia