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| population_footnotes =<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tiptopglobe.com/city?n=Kotli+Loharan&p=21462|title=City (town) Kotli Loharan: map, population, location|website=www.tiptopglobe.com}}</ref> |
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'''Kotli''' (] / {{langx|ur|{{resize|{{Nastaliq|کوٹلی}}}}}}; {{IPA-ur|koːʈ.liː|pron}}) is a city in ] of ]. It lies on the ], and the river contains several waterfalls, including the Lala Waterfall near the town of Kotli, and the Gulpur Waterfalls at the village of Gulpur to the southwest.<ref>{{Google maps | url =https://www.google.com/maps?ll=33.505556,73.899167&q=33.505556,73.899167&hl=en&t=h&z=12 | access-date =1 February 2020}}</ref> As per the ], Kotli had a population of 46,907.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maqbool |first=Atif |title=Kotli: 10 dead and many injured as roof of house collapses |url=https://www.azaditimes.com/2022/08/kotli-10-dead-and-many-injured-as-roof.html |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Azadi Times - Latest Kashmir News |language=English}}</ref> |
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'''Kotli''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|کوٹلی}}}}) is the chief town of ], in ], ]. Kotli is linked with ] by two metalled roads, one via ], (90 km) and the other via ]. It is also directly linked with ] via ] (82 km) and a double road which links Kotli with the rest of Pakistan via ], another major town in Azad Kashmir. Kotli is roughly a three hours drive from ] and ], at a distance of 117 km via Sehnsa. |
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== Modern Kotli == |
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== History == |
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Notable places in Kotli to visit are The Kashmir Academy ,Sarda Point, Tinda Rest-House, Hill kalaan, near river Gori Park, Roli Hills, Butt Fire and Peer Lasura (Nakyal). Today kotli is shaping itself in almost every field of life. Some notable places are Gulhar Colony, Khuiratta, Chowki Tinda, Kurti, Roli, Brali, Dhamol, Qumrooti, Khad Gujran and OLakar village of the late Nambardar Allah Ditta, Sarhota and Samror. The town has become a vision of three-storey mansions that have taken over the once-barren roads between the outer ring villages and the ever-expanding city sitting on the brim of the Poonch River. The most famous and notable buildings are the three Khan-Wali fortresses, Jame Masjid Ghosia Balyah and Tehsil Guest House (Some Great people used to stay there since it was built by Dogra rulers). |
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The city of Kotli dates back to the twelfth century, when it was settled by a branch of the Royal ] family of Kashmir, descendants of ]. Originally known as Kohtali, literally meaning "under mountain" due to the surrounding landscape. Kotli remained as a semi-auntonomous state until it was finally subdued by ] in 1819 and incorporated into the ].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hutchison, J. (John)|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34186922|title=History of the Panjab hill states|date=1994|publisher=Asian Educational Services|others=Vogel, J. Ph. (Jean Philippe), 1871-1958.|isbn=81-206-0942-5|location=New Delhi, India|oclc=34186922}}</ref> |
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The main distinction to the city is Jamay Masjid Al-Firdous Gulhar. It is the religious centre of excellence and it centralizes more than seven hundred mosques all over the world, most of which are in Azad Kashmir. Khawaja Muhammad Sadiq laid the foundation of this system and now his son Mr Haafiz Muhammad Zahid Sultani is supervising the system efficiently. |
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After the ] and ] from the ], "bands of deserters from the State Army, some serving soldiers of the Pakistan Army on leave, ex-servicemen, and other volunteers who had risen spontaneously"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ẓahīr |first=Ḥasan |title=The times and trial of the Rawalpindi conspiracy 1951: the first coup attempt in Pakistan |last2=Zaheer |first2=Hasan |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-577892-2 |location=Karachi Oxford}}</ref> reached Kotli in November 1947. They expelled the Dogra garrison at the town. India then sent its armed forces to Kashmir where they attacked Kotli in an attempt to recapture it. The ] counter-attacked with the aid of the native tribesmen, winning a decisive victory in the ].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Effendi, M. Y.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/212908145|title=Punjab cavalry : evolution, role, organisation, and tactical doctrine : 11 Cavalry (Frontier Force), 1849-1971|date=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-547203-5|location=Karachi|oclc=212908145}}</ref> It has been under ]i control ever since. |
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The mass emigration that took over the country in the 1960s has now created a steady boom of summer holidaymakers from ] and beyond who seek to reconnect their European-born children to the old country. Kotli has international links throughout ] and ]. Like many Azad Kashmiris (] valley — a region found in the ] part of ]) living in the fringes of the ] in Mirpur, emigration fever took hold of the surrounding country from the mid 1950s onwards. |
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== Education == |
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Kotli has ties with many European cities such as Amsterdam, Hamburg and especially the larger industrial cities of northern and central England. Many Kotli city residents have ties to British nationals in the city of ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. Kotli is also known as the city of mosques due to the fact that there are more than three hundred mosques in Kotli. |
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Kotil is home to the ] (]:کوٹلی یونیورسٹی) (UoK), formerly a constituent college of the ]. It became a university as a result of Presidential Ordinance VIII passed in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=University of Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir|url=http://www.uokajk.edu.pk/home|access-date=2021-01-28|website=www.uokajk.edu.pk}}</ref> |
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Faizan Rehman is currently the territory executive for Kotli district.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}} |
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== Indo-Pakistan War of 1947–48 == |
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This territory was captured by Pakistan in 1947-48. |
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== Communications == |
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* Three privately owned cable television systems: Apex World Cable Network covering 90% area of Kotli City and surroundings, Family Cable Network, and Medialink Cable Network, are available in Kotli, which transmit ]i and international television programs. |
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* A local FM radio station also broadcasts at FM 96.5. |
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* Cell phone service is available through six private cell phone operators: Zong, Jazz, Ufone, Telenor and SCOM. Wireless Evo broadband is also available. |
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* 4G internet services are now available with SCOM, Telenor ,ZONG and mobilink. |
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== See also == |
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== References== |
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The city of Kotli dates back to the twelfth century, when it was settled by a branch of the Royal Mangral family of Kashmir, descendants of Raja Mangar Pal. Originally known as Kohtali, literally meaning "under mountain" due to the surrounding landscape. Kotli remained as a semi-auntonomous state until it was finally subdued by Ranjit Singh in 1819 and incorporated into the Sikh Empire.
Tehsils of Azad Jammu and Kashmir