Fatehpur Thakiala was part of the Mendhar subdivision of Poonch before the partition of Kashmir in 1947.
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Fatehpur Thakiala, also known as Nakyal, is one of the three tehsils of the Kotli District in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
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It was renamed Fatehpur Thakiala to honour the late Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karelvi.
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It is also the birthplace of the former president and prime minister of Azad Kashmir, Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan.
Growing up, Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan received his early schooling in his native village of Karela in tehsil Fatehpur Thakiala, now in District Kotli and in Poonch city.
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