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2 unusual facts about Jhelum


Government Degree College Jhelum

The Government Degree College Jhelum is a college, formerly named Inter College Jhelum, located in the city of Jhelum in Punjab, Pakistan.

Lehri

Lehri, Jhelum, a village and union council in the Jhelum District in the Punjab province of Pakistan


12th Frontier Force Regiment

In 1939 the 1/12th Frontier Force Rifles were part of the Bannu Brigade based in Bannu India and took part in operations in the Ahmedzai Salient in February and March 1940 while under command of the Jhelum Brigade.

Abisares

But Dr. Stein identifies the kingdom of Abhisara with the tract of the lower and middle hills between the Vitasta(Jhelum) and Chadrabhaga(Chenab) including the state of Rajapuri(Rajauri) in Kasmira.

Alexandria Bucephalous

P. M. Fraser, a supporter of a Jhelum site concludes that only archeological excavation will settle the century old debate.

Architecture of Dhaka

Some of the first and most characteristic examples that remain of early Mughal architecture were built in the short reign (1540–1545) of emperor Sher Shah Suri, who was not a Mughal; they include a mosque known as the Qila-i-Kuhna mosque (1541) at Purana Quila, Delhi, and the military architecture of the Old Fort in Delhi, the Lalbagh Fort in Bangladesh, and Rohtas Fort, near Jhelum in Pakistan.

Baha-ud-din Zakariya

His descendants are found in Multan, Karor laal esun, Gujrat, Watli Distt.Chakwal, Pir Khara Distt.Jhelum, Bhera, Karuli, Attock (Pourmiana), Lahore, pail, Delhi, Meerut, Allahabad.

Doab

Jech Doab (also Chaj) Doab - between the Jhelum and the Chenab River.

Gah

Gah, Pakistan, a village in Chakwal District (formerly in Jhelum District when Chakwal was Tehsil of Jhelum District) of Pakistan

Gharmala

Rohtas Road passes by the village on the south which leads to Jhelum City on east and to Rohtas Fort on the west.

History of Jhelum

Modern research has fixed the site of the conflict between Alexander and Porus as within Jhelum district, though the exact spot at which the Macedonian king effected the passage of the Jhelum (or Hydespes) has been hotly disputed.

Pahari Rajputs

The territory between Tawi and Jhelum, became known as the Chibhal, after the largest tribe in the region, the Chib.

Poonch

Around 326 BC when Alexander the Great invaded the lower Jhelum belt to fight with Porus, this region was known as Dravabhisar.

Pothohar Plateau

Potohar was known as Paurava in the past and the king of this region was King Porus and he is known for the famous battle with Alexander between the regions of Jhelum river and Indus river.

Presentation Convent High School, Murree

Some of them include Presentation Convent Schools located in Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Jhelum, Sargodha, (Khushab Distt.), Wah, Risalpur, Mingora (Swat) and in Sindh.

Presentation Convent High School, Sargodha

Today in Pakistan there are Presentation schools catering for the educational needs of around thirteen thousand children in Urdu- and English-medium schools, in Rawalpindi, Murree, Jhelum, Peshawar, (Khushab District), Wah, Risalpur, Mingora (Swat) and Sindh.

Presentation Convent School, Peshawar

There are Presentation schools in Rawalpindi, Murree, Jhelum, Sargodha, (Khushab Distt.), Wah, Risalpur, Mingora (Swat) and in Sindh.

Timeline of 12th-century conversion of Hindu clans to Islam

However, besides Chakwal, there are a quite a few other Minhas villages scattered all over the province including the famous village of Rohtas in Jhelum, Sagri in Rawalpindi, and in Gujar Khan, Kahuta, Sargodha and Faisalabad.


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