Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karelvi was born into a Domaal Tribe in Karela Majhan Mendhar Poonch, son of Sardar Feroze Khan Domaal. He joined the Poonch police service as a sergeant but resigned, and began to play an active political role under the Muslim Conference of Jammu and Kashmir. Later he was elected as a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly from Tehsil Mendhar Poonch.

During the First Kashmir War, he played an active role and fought against the Dogra

Dogra

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 army with Baba-e-Poonch Khansahib Colonel Khan Muhammad Khan

Khan Muhammad Khan

Colonel Khan Muhammad Khan was a prominent soldier and politician in Poonch, serving in the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly and later as Chairman of the War Council during the 1947 War of Independence.-History:...

 and General Raja Sakhi Daler Khan

Raja Sakhi Daler Khan

General Raja Sakhi Daler Khan was born in the village of Sarsawa, Kotli into the Mangral subgroup of the Rajput warrior caste. He led Pakistani troops and irregulars in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947...

 Mangral

Mangral

The Mangral are a Rajput warrior clan and the historical founders and rulers of Kotli and Poonch. Their ancestor Raja Mangar Pal was the founder of the City of Kotli in modern Azad Kashmir...

, defeating the Dogra forces.

His son Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan

Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan

Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan was twice a former Prime Minister and President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He has been the longest serving Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir....

 twice became the president and the prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. His other son Sardar Naeem Khan is the minister of Jammu & Kashmir.

Sources

• Tareekh-e-Iqwam-e-Poonch, Muhammad Din Foq
• Yagaan-e-Kashmir, Dr. Ghulam Hussain Azhar
• Memoirs, Muhammad Shafi Khan