Mehmunpur Rajgan is a village near Jatlan

Jatlan

Jatlan is a town situated in the Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir. Jatlan is situated 3 miles from Khari Sharif. Its geographical coordinates are 33° 2' 1" North, 73° 50' 31" East.- Demography :...

, Mirpur District

Mirpur District

Mirpur District is a district in the disputed and divided state of [Jammu and Kashmir]. The district is named after the main city, Mirpur. The District of Mirpur has a population of 371,000 and covers an area of . The district is mainly mountainous with some plains...

, Azad Kashmir

Azad Kashmir

Azad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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The village is situated between Jhelum River

Jhelum River

Jehlum River or Jhelum River , ) is a river that flows in India and Pakistan. It is the largest and most western of the five rivers of Punjab, and passes through Jhelum District...

 and the Upper Jhelum Canal,15 km from Mirpur city.

Demography

According to 1998 census of Pakistan, its population was 232. There are about 25 houses in and most village residents are the descendants of Raja Kamal Khan. All of the population belongs to the Panwar Sohlan

Sohlan

* Sohlan , tribe of Azad Kashmir and adjacent areas* Sohlan,, village of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan...

 Rajput

Rajput

A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

 tribe.

History

Mehmunpur Rajgan is situated between Upper Jhelum Canal and Jhelum River near Jangian Kotla in Khari Sharif

Khari Sharif

Khari Sharif is an agricultural area in Mirpur District of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Broadly speaking, Alaqa-e-Khari refers to the fertile plains of Khari which exist between the hills of mirpur and the river Jhelum.Khari has some 80 small and large villages and one of the villages itself is known as...

, Mirpur District, Azad Kashmir

Azad Kashmir

Azad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...

. The village is situated on 793 ft. above sea level. The village has total population of around five hundred. Literacy rate of this village is approximately 99%.

The two Zaildar

Zaildar

Zaildar was a native officer in charge of a Zail in the colonial rural administration of Punjab in British India. Each Zail was an administrative unit, extending between 2 to 40 villages....

s Raja Sajjawal Khan

Raja Sajjawal Khan

Zaildar Raja Sajjawal Khan of Mehmunpur was the son of Raja Diwan Khan. He was first Muslim Zaildar in his area. He had great political stature in all over Jammu Kashmir and northern Punjab. He was well known in elites of pre-partition erra with whom he had cordial relations...

 and his son, Raja Bashir Khan made this village known throughout the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Raja Sajjawal Khan

Raja Sajjawal Khan

Zaildar Raja Sajjawal Khan of Mehmunpur was the son of Raja Diwan Khan. He was first Muslim Zaildar in his area. He had great political stature in all over Jammu Kashmir and northern Punjab. He was well known in elites of pre-partition erra with whom he had cordial relations...

 had very close terms with the Dogra

Dogra

The Dogras are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group in South Asia. Being a diversified group, the Dogras include both Savarnas such as Brahmins, Rajputs and Non-savarnas. The Dogras also incluide merchant castes such as Mahajans...

s, Kashmir's ruling royal family, and often had Dogra officials visit him at Mehmunpur frequently. Raja Sahib was popular for his hospitality in the area.

In past Mehmunpur was known for its politicians and its sons joining the army (British Indian Army and Pakistan Army) but now many are attached with the Law Profession.