It is also the birthplace of the former president and prime minister of Azad Kashmir, Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan.
His son Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan twice became the president and the prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
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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It was Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karelvi, who led the popular agitation against an arbitrary tax on salt imposed by the Maharaja's regime.
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Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan was born into an eminent political Rajput family of Kashmir, he is the son of Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karelvi, a name synonymous with one of the first major uprisings against the repressive Dogra regime in 1931.
Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan (born 1934), a former President and Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir
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