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This post is about the history of 1937 Pahari rebellion in Poonch against the Sikh/Dogra rule by Dhund Abbasis, Sudhans and Maldiyal mughals. This will also show the utmost brutal tactics employed by Gulab Singh Dogra against the rebels. The article is crudely written:
Sardar Shams Khan was the Raja (ruler) of Poonch(1826-1837) at the time of Aap-raji
or Self-rule (just before the foundation of modern state of Jammu and Kashmir by
Gulab Singh). Sardar Rajwali was the nephew of the Shams Khan , gallant Kashmiri
warrior who went into revolt against Gulab singh along with the Sudhan and other
Pahari tribes in November1837. During this revolt, Sabz Ali and Mallee Khan, (both Sudhan
Pathan) along with many companions were flayed alive in Mang (Palandri,
Sudhnuti). Hundreds of Kashmiri children and women were taken to Jammu as
prisoner. Shams Khan and Rajwali were killed by a traitor Nur Khan Terola in the
Daigwal village. The heads and Skin of all the rebels were hung of a tree
located in Mang( palandri, Azad Kashmir) which is still present
there;
Located in Mang this monument reminds of the henious
events of 1832 when the local people of Mang rebelled against the Sikh rule of
Ranjeet Singh. At the time, Ghulab Singh was a General in his army and was
responsible for supressing any descent. In 1832 there was a rebellion in and
around Mang by the local people and Ghulab Singh was sent to deal with it. M L
Kapur in his book ‘the history of jammu & Kashmir’ mentions, "to quell
the rebellion in Poonch and Chibbhal territory Ghulab Singh returning from
Peshawar and after some desultory warfare, the rebels were completely routed.
Many of them were captured, and treated with vengeance; their hands and feet
were severed by axes, while skins of Sardar Mali Khan and Sardar Sabaz Ali Khan,
two of the close accomplices of Shams-ud-Din, were peeled off their bodies, and
their heads were hung on gallows in a crossing as a warning to others. Hands
were ultimately laid on the chief rebel as well, and his head was cut off." The
rebels were hung on this very tree featured here and skinned alive. The practice
of skinning alive rebels continued for some time."
British account:
https://books.google.com.au/books?i...ei=QEUcVMmdDIy78gXbnIKADA#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Sardar Shams Khan was the Raja (ruler) of Poonch(1826-1837) at the time of Aap-raji
or Self-rule (just before the foundation of modern state of Jammu and Kashmir by
Gulab Singh). Sardar Rajwali was the nephew of the Shams Khan , gallant Kashmiri
warrior who went into revolt against Gulab singh along with the Sudhan and other
Pahari tribes in November1837. During this revolt, Sabz Ali and Mallee Khan, (both Sudhan
Pathan) along with many companions were flayed alive in Mang (Palandri,
Sudhnuti). Hundreds of Kashmiri children and women were taken to Jammu as
prisoner. Shams Khan and Rajwali were killed by a traitor Nur Khan Terola in the
Daigwal village. The heads and Skin of all the rebels were hung of a tree
located in Mang( palandri, Azad Kashmir) which is still present
there;
Located in Mang this monument reminds of the henious
events of 1832 when the local people of Mang rebelled against the Sikh rule of
Ranjeet Singh. At the time, Ghulab Singh was a General in his army and was
responsible for supressing any descent. In 1832 there was a rebellion in and
around Mang by the local people and Ghulab Singh was sent to deal with it. M L
Kapur in his book ‘the history of jammu & Kashmir’ mentions, "to quell
the rebellion in Poonch and Chibbhal territory Ghulab Singh returning from
Peshawar and after some desultory warfare, the rebels were completely routed.
Many of them were captured, and treated with vengeance; their hands and feet
were severed by axes, while skins of Sardar Mali Khan and Sardar Sabaz Ali Khan,
two of the close accomplices of Shams-ud-Din, were peeled off their bodies, and
their heads were hung on gallows in a crossing as a warning to others. Hands
were ultimately laid on the chief rebel as well, and his head was cut off." The
rebels were hung on this very tree featured here and skinned alive. The practice
of skinning alive rebels continued for some time."
British account:
https://books.google.com.au/books?i...ei=QEUcVMmdDIy78gXbnIKADA#v=onepage&q&f=false
@punjab47
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