Poonch: Is a town in western Jammu

Poonch is a town in western Jammu and Kashmir union territory, northern India. It lies at the confluence of the Belar and Poonch rivers, at the southern foot of the western Pir Panjal Range, and is situated near the line of control between the Indian- and Pakistani-administered portions of Kashmir. In the 6th Century A.D. Chinese traveller Huien Tsang passed through Poonch . He wrote that Poonch was famous for graphics, fine tea (Musloom) and good horses. Around 850 A.D., Poonch became a sovereign state when Mr. Nar, a horse trader declared himself Raja of Poonch . In 1596 A.D. Mughal King Jehangir nominated Siraj-ud-din of […] Poonch : 13 killed after schools, gurudwara and houses targeted by Pakistan Army The indiscriminate shelling by Pakistan created panic among the border residents who were forced to take refuge in ... The Dogra dynasty ruled Poonch State from 1850 to 1947 till the traumatic events of partition of the country. Poonch district is one of the small 22 districts of Jammu and Kashmir state. It falls between 33°-35°, to 34°-01°, north latitude and 73°-58° to 74°-35°, east longitude.