Azad Kashmir is a part of the Kashmir region, it is one of the administrative territories of Pakistan. Azad Kashmir is controlled by the Pakistani, while Kashmir is controlled by the Indians. Azad Kashmir borders Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the south and west respectively. Azad Kashmir is divided into 3 administrative divisions namely, Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and Poonch, where Muzaffarabad is the capital and largest city of Azad Kashmir. As of 2008, the population of Azad Kashmir stood at over 4.5 million. Azad Kashmir is a touristic region filled with a lot of popular attractions such as Neelum, Jhelum, Leepa, and Rawalakot.
Creation of azad kashmir:
Tradition has it that Kashmir was originally a lake that was drained by Kashyap and then inhabited by the Brahmins. Buddhism was introduced by the missionaries of Ashoka and flourished under the rule of Kushan in 2nd Century AD. However, Hinduism continued to be the dominant religion. In the 7th Century AD, the Karkota dynasty was founded by Durlabhavarrdhana. In 855 AD the Utpalas replaced the Karkotas. Later, the Tantrins, Yaskaras and Parva Gupta ruled in succession. Didda, a Gupta widowed queen, ruled Kashmir until 1003 AD when the Lohara dynasty took over. In 1346 AD the last Hindu king, Udiana Deva, was replaced by Shams-ud-Din. His family ruled until 1586 when the Moghul emperor Akbar conquered and annexed Kashmir to his vast empire. In 1757 it was conquered by Ahmed Shah Durrani and became part of Afghanistan. In 1819 Ranjit Singh conquered Kashmir and made it part of his Sikh empire. In 1846, when the British defeated the Sikhs and annexed Punjab, they sold Kashmir to Ghulab Singh of Jammu for Rs. 7.5 million under the Treaty of Amritsar. Ghulab Singh, who entitled himself the Mahrajah, signed a separate treaty with the British which, in effect, gave him the status of an independent princely ruler of Kashmir
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