Kot Ali Bahadar
(formerly Kot Jamel) - District Bhimber
Majority of Jarrals
in District Bhimber are 1947 migrants from Kangri Bajwal; an area of
Jammu in Indian occupied Kashmir hence known as Kangri Bajwali Jarrals.
During the 1947 migration these Jarrals settled in Kot Ali Bahadar -
formerly Kot Jamel (named after a great Jarral warrior Col Ali Bahadar
Jarral). Intially, they never considered living in Kot Jamal permanently
and hoped their return to land of their fore-fathers as and when the
disputed Kashmir issue would have been resolved. As the time went by
without any significant result for the Kashmir dispute they began to
adopt the option of make Kot Jamel their permanent home - after all
they did migrate for an Islamic state. Some of the elders never claimed
any land entitlment in pakistan in replacement of their lost land in
Kangri Bajwal with hope that they would one day return to Kangri Bajwal.
But as the 2nd and 3rd generation came into existenc, they became more
acquainted with Kot Jamal and started to participate in all kinds of
local and national activities.
Below are just a few of
the famous Jarrals who settled in Distt.Bhimber:
Late
Col (Rtd) Ali Bahadar Jarral
Late
Major Qudrat Ullah Jarral(Fateh Pandu)
Late
Lt.Raj Mohammed Khan Jarral
Late
Lt.Ghulam Muhammed
Late
Mirza Faiz Mohammad Jarral (Pahlwan)
Jarrals
in District Bhimber have worked very hard to achieve a respectable
place and recognition to this day .
- Thanks to Almighty Allah Mirza Shafiq
Jarral is at present a minister of the AJ &K Govt. (Agriculture,
Animal Husbandry, Live Stock & Fisheries)
Mirza
Zafar Hussain Jarral is a very well known figure in AJ&K Politics
a well known lawyer by profession.
Note: we are very please
to recieve this material from Munir Jarral of Hemel Hemstead and thank
him for his efforts.