Dadyal
Dadyal (Urdu: ڈڈیال) is a tehsil in Mirpur district, located in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. It is home to roughly 70 villages.
Dadyal | |
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Tehsil | |
  Dadyal Location in Dadyal Azad Kashmir, Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 33.264°N 73.783°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Azad Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Mirpur district |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 19,290 |
| • Estimate (2018) | 19,610 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 0092/00345 |
History
Toglu's Ramkot Fort.
Rajoa village
In the 17th century, the Ramkot Fort was built by Toglu, the Sultan of the Gakhars.[2] From the 1950s onwards and the subsequent construction of the Mangla Dam from 1962, large numbers of inhabitants of Dadyal migrated to the United Kingdom.
Administration
The Dadyal tehsil is divided into many villages. Some of them include:
- Amb
- Balathi
- Chattroh
- Ghora
- Haveli Baghal
- Kathar Dilawar, home to the Sakhial clan
- Khadamabad
- Mandi
- Mohra Malkan
- Mohra Sher Shah
- Rajoa
- Ratta, home to the Baba Balaji Hindu Temple
- Sahalia
- Siakh Pahaith
- Thalarajwali Khan
- Thub Jagir
Notable people
- Chauhdry Abdul Rashid, Lord Mayor of Birmingham
- Moeen Ali, English cricketer[3]
- Mohammed Ajeeb, Lord Mayor of Bradford
References
- "Statistical Year Book 2019" (PDF). Statistics Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- Frederic Drew (1 January 1875). The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories: A Geographical Account. E. Stanford. p. 59.
- Ali, Moeen (27 September 2018). Moeen. Atlantic Books.
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