Bagh District - History

History

There is an archaeological site located in Bagh called Bagh Fort.

The town Bagh in which is in District Bagh was the 'launching pad' for the rebellion against the Mahraja of Jammu and Kashmir Hari Singh in 1947 lead by a local youth Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan who is legend, veteran Kashmir politician

District Bagh was created in 1988, when it was divided from Azad Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch District.

Bagh, like other areas of northwest South Asia, was hit by the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake, in which a significant amount of damage occurred to the district.

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