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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sudhanoti District
| official_name =
| native_name = {{nq|ضلع سدھنوتی}}
| native_name_lang = ur
| settlement_type = [[List of districts in Azad Kashmir|District of Azad Kashmir]]
| image_skyline = A view of Pallandri city and Cadet Collage Pallandri..jpg
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| image_caption = A view of Cadet College Pallandri in the Sudhanoti District
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| map_caption = Map of Azad Kashmir with the Sudhanoti District highlighted in red
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| subdivision_name = [[Pakistan]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative units of Pakistan|Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Azad Kashmir]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Divisions of Pakistan|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Poonch Division]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| founder =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Pallandri]]
| government_type = District Administration
| leader_party =
| leader_title = [[Deputy Commissioner (Pakistan)|Deputy Commissioner]]
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| leader_title1 = District Police Officer
| leader_name1 = N/A
| leader_title2 = District Health Officer
| leader_name2 = N/A
| area_total_km2 = 569
| population_total = 297,584
| population_as_of = 2017
| population_density_km2 = 523
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Urdu]]<ref>{{cite book| last = Rahman| first = Tariq| author-link = Tariq Rahman| title = Language and politics in Pakistan| date = 1996| publisher = Oxford University Press| isbn = 978-0-19-577692-8| page = 226}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Spoken
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| timezone1 = [[Time in Pakistan|PST]]
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The '''Sudhanoti District''' (also spelled '''Sudhnoti District''') ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|ضلع سدھنوتی}}}}), meaning the "heartland of [[Sudhan]]s" or "[[Sudhan]] heartland"),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Watch (Organization) |first=Human Rights |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfyEAAAAMAAJ&q=heartland+of+sudhans |title=Pakistan, with Friends Like These |date=2006 |publisher=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=99WTTyxnkDYC&dq=heartland+of+sudhans&pg=PA13 |title=Human Rights Watch: "With Friends Like These..." |publisher=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Talbot |first=Ian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sXsmCwAAQBAJ&dq=heartland+sudhan&pg=PA23 |title=A History of Modern South Asia: Politics, States, Diasporas |date=2016-01-28 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-21659-2 |language=en}}</ref> is one of the 10 districts of [[Pakistan]]'s dependent territory of [[Azad Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ajk.gov.pk/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2256&Itemid=144|title=AJ&K Portal|website=www.ajk.gov.pk}}</ref> The Sudhanoti District is bounded on the north and east by the [[Poonch District, Pakistan|Poonch District]],<ref name="pndajk.gov.pk">{{cite web|url=http://www.pndajk.gov.pk/ajk_glance2007.asp#DDSDAJK|title=Subdivisions of AJK}}</ref> on the south by the [[Kotli District]], and on the west by the [[Rawalpindi District]] of Pakistan's [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab Province]]. It is located {{convert|90|km}} from [[Islamabad]], the capital of Pakistan. It is connected with [[Rawalpindi]] and Islamabad via the Azad Pattan Road.

The district headquarters is the town of [[Pallandri]]. It is at an elevation of 1,372 meters and is at a distance of 97 kilometers from Rawalpindi via the Azad Pattan Road. Pallandri is connected to Rawalakot by a 64-km metaled road.

== History ==
The word ''Sudhanoti'' literally means "heartland of [[Sudhan]]s" ''[[Sudhan]]'' (tribe) ''Noti'' (heartland).{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Sudhanoti, whose first name was Bhan Ya (Brahman) who was defeated by the [[Pashtun]] [[Sadozai (Pashtun tribe)|Sadozai]] invaders in the thirteenth century AD defeated the Bhagar Rajputs and named it Sudhanoti.<ref>TitlePunjabi MusalmansAuthorJ. M. WikeleyEdition2, revisedPublisherPakistan National Publishers, 1968Original fromthe University of CaliforniaDigitized8 Dec 2008Length163 pages
LIST OF AUTHORITIES CONSULTED I 'Punjabi Musalmans' by Captain Hamilton. The Gazetteers of the Punjab and North Western Frontier Province. 3 Census Report 1891, 1901, 1911 and 1931. 4 Tod's 'Rajasthan'. DS Thompson's 'History of India'. 427 5 6. Elphinstone's History of India'. McGrindle's 'Ancient India' W5 7 Handbooks an 'Rajputs, Jats and Gujars'. 9. Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North Western Frontier Province. 10 The Gypsies of India' by Mackeritchie. 11 "A History of the Mughals of Central Asia' by N. Elias and ED. Ros RJRRARY MAY 6 1970 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRINTED BY : MUHAMMAD SAFED SHEIKIH AT ACCURATE PRINTERS AND PUBL ISAED BY HIM FOR THE BOOK HOUSE, LAHORE.
https://books.google.com.sa/books?redir_esc=y&id=4MMGAQAAIAAJ&dq=book+punjabi+muslim&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=The+Sudhans+having+defeated+the+Bagars%2C+seized+their+country+and+named+it+Sudhanoti%2C
The Sudhans having defeated the Bagars, seized their country and named it Sudhanoti,</ref> The state of Sudhanoti is one of the former ten states of [[Jammu and Kashmir]]{{disambiguation needed|date=February 2022}}, Its history is approximately one thousand twelve hundred years old which Sudhanoti was ruled by Brahmins from 830 to 1105 AD.

The Brahman Raj was invaded by the [[Rajputs]] of hill [[Punjab]] in 1005 and captured Sudhanoti in 1105, The Bhagar Rajputs ruled Sudhanoti from 1105 to 1360. The Bhagar Rajputs were then attacked by the [[Afghans|Afghan]] chief named Nawab Jassi Khan in 1360 AD, defeating them and establishing their own Sadozai government.

The [[Sadozai (Pashtun tribe)|Sadozai]] tribe ruled Sudhanoti from 1360 to 1837, Sudhanoti which from 800 to 1837 was called the fully independent state of Sudhanoti, came to an end in the Third Sikh Sudhanoti War, in which fifty to thirty thousand Sadozai people were killed. The Sikh Khalsa merged with the state of Poonch and brought it under the control of the Lahore government.

Later from 1940 to 1947 it was a tehsil of Jammu province, Thereafter in 1947 Sudhanoti became the capital of the Azad Kashmir Revolutionary Government, which was the capital of the Azad Kashmir Revolutionary Government from 1947 to 1949.

After that in 1960 Sudhanoti was divided into four districts and Sudhanoti was made a district<ref>''History of the Punjab Hill States'' by Hutchison and Vogel, reprinted edition, 2 volumes in 1 Chapter XXIV. 1933 AD</ref>
<ref>TitleMaulānā Āzād Subḥānī: taḥrīk-i āzādī ke ek muqtadir rahnumā
Issue 73 of Publication (Research Society of Pakistan)AuthorNabī Bak̲h̲shu K̲h̲ānu BalocuPublisherIdārah-yi Taḥqīqāt-i Pākistān, Dānishgāh-i Panjāb, 1989Original fromthe University of CaliforniaDigitized10 May 2007ISBN9694250714, 9789694250717Length327 pages Export CitationBiBTeX EndNote RefMan
https://books.google.com.sa/books?id=dKgyAAAAIAAJ&q=A+Hand+Book+on+Azad+Jammu+%26+Kashmir+Pirzada+Irshad+Ahmad+Nawab+Sons+Publication,+2003+-+347+pages&dq=A+Hand+Book+on+Azad+Jammu+%26+Kashmir+Pirzada+Irshad+Ahmad+Nawab+Sons+Publication,+2003+-+347+pages&hl=ur&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1i-uF_432AhUUlFwKHbgoAZ4Q6AF6BAgJEAM
This book best describes the mountain states of Poonch</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Kashmir: The Unwritten History|last=Snedden|first=Christopher|publisher=Harper Collins Publishers|year=2013|isbn=978-9350298978|location=India}}</ref>
<ref name =statyearbook2019>{{cite web |url=https://www.pndajk.gov.pk/uploadfiles/downloads/AJ&K%20Statistical%20Year%20Book%202019.pdf |title=Statistical Year Book 2019 |access-date=20 April 2020 |website=Statistics Azad Jammu and Kashmir |archive-date=30 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630180136/https://www.pndajk.gov.pk/uploadfiles/downloads/AJ%26K%20Statistical%20Year%20Book%202019.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Cultural Heritage Sudhanoti
*Fort In Pune<ref>https://ur.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%81_%D8%A2%D8%A6%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%DB%81</ref>{{Circular reference|date=April 2022}}
*Fort Bharand<ref>https://ur.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%DB%81_%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%88</ref>{{Circular reference|date=April 2022}}
*Fort Barel<ref>
https://ur.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%DB%81_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84</ref>{{Circular reference|date=April 2022}}
*Fort Mandhol<ref>https://ur.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%DB%81_%D9%85%D9%86%DA%88%DA%BE%D9%88%D9%84</ref>{{Circular reference|date=April 2022}}

==Administrative divisions==
The Sudhanoti District is divided into four [[tehsil]]s:<ref>{{cite web |title=Tehsils of Sudhnoti District on AJK map |url=https://www.ajk.gov.pk/ajkmap |website=ajk.gov.pk |publisher=AJK Official Portal |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>

* [[Balouch, Azad Kashmir|Baloch Tehsil]]
* [[Mong, Azad Kashmir|Mang Tehsil]]
* [[Pallandri|Pallandri Tehsil]]
* [[Tarar Khel|Trarkhel Tehsil]]<ref name="pndajk.gov.pk"/>

==Population==
Sudhanoti has a population of 297,584 according to the [[2017 Census of Pakistan|2017 Census]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/27-Aug-2017/census-2017-ajk-population-rises-to-over-4m|title=Census 2017: AJK population rises to over 4m|work=The Nation|access-date=2017-09-01|language=en-US}}</ref>

The main native language is [[Pahari language (Kashmir)|Pahari]], spoken by an estimated 95% of the population.<ref>{{Cite book| title = Statistical Year Book 2020| place = Muzaffarabad| publisher = AJ&K Bureau Of Statistics| url = https://www.pndajk.gov.pk/uploadfiles/downloads/Statistical%20Year%20Book%202020.pdf| access-date = 3 March 2022| page = 140}}</ref><ref name="Shakil 2012">{{Cite web| last = Shakil| first = Mohsin| date = 2012| title = Languages of Erstwhile State of Jammu Kashmir (A Preliminary Study)| url = https://www.academia.edu/6485567| page = 12}}</ref>

==Education==
According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2017, Sudhanoti is ranked 34 out of 155 districts with a score of 68.85 in terms of education. For facilities and infrastructure, the district is ranked last with the very low score of 6.76.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan District Education Rankings 2017 |url=https://elections.alifailaan.pk/wp-includes/file/DER17.pdf |website=elections.alifailaan.pk |publisher=[[Alif Ailaan]] |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>

Educational institutes include:


*[[Mirpur University of Science & Technology]] (MUST) Pallandri campus, Sudhanoti District
*[[Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University]] [[Nerian Sharif]], a chartered university situated 125 km west of Islamabad
*[[University of Poonch]] (SM campus, Mang, Sudhanoti District)

==Notable people==


* [[Aziz Khan (general)|Aziz Khan]], General of the Pakistan Army and Chairman of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Bhattacharya|first=Samir|title=NOTHING BUT!|year=2014|publisher=Partridge Publishing|isbn=978-1-48281-787-4|page=228|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xO3HAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA228}}</ref>
* [[Khan Muhammad Khan]], Politician and the Chairman of the War Council during the [[1947 Poonch Rebellion]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gctr.edu.pk/pages/Intromore.html |publisher=Khan Sahib Government College of Technology, Rawalkot |title=Introduction |access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref>
* Dr. [[Muhammad Najeeb Naqi Khan]], Minister for Health and Finance. He was elected as a member of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly five times (in 1991, 1996, 2006, 2011, and 2016) from the Pallandri constituency and was a member of the Kashmir Council from 2001 to 2006.
*[[Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui]] was a great Islamic Sufi Scholar and 2nd custodian of [[Nerian Sharif]], [[Tarar Khel]]. He was died on 3 Feb 2017.
*[[Pir Sultan Ul Arfeen Siddiqui]] from [[Nerian Sharif]], son of Islamic sufi scholar [[Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui]].

==See also==
*[[Balouch, Azad Kashmir]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ajk.gov.pk Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir]
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Azad Jammu and Kashmir}}

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