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unusual facts about Shergarh, Tanawal


Shergarh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Shergarh, Tanawal, a village in the Oghi tehsil of Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, which was once the capital of the former Tanawal State of Amb


Kangarh

The village is west of Shergarh and can be reached from that route only from the east.

Pakhli

But ultimately, they were restricted to a small area of lower Tanawal from Sherwan (Abbottabad) to Behali (Mansehra).

Shergarh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Shergarh, Mardan, a town in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Shergarh, Punjab

In historic times, the pirs of Shergarh & Hujra, did not get along very well, so when they'd refer to each other's towns, they'd use the derogatory name of the time, panjkoa (7 miles away), instead of using the proper names.

The town itself is located on the old river bed of the Beas, which extends south from Kasur, all the way to Chunian, and then Shergarh, in Okara District, before moving towards Gaimbar near Okara City.

Shergarh, Tanawal

Shergarh was traditionally the summer residence of the Nawabs of Amb, which was incorporated in Pakistan in 1972, and is now part of Mansehra district of Hazara division, Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province.

Its most prominent feature is the "Shergarh Fort", where the Nawab resided and where the present chief of Tanolis and son of the last Nawab, Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed Khan lives part of the year.

In recent years, Shergarh and some of its environs split from the Tanawal area and came under the jurisdiction of the Oghi tehsil/subdivision of Mansehra district.


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