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Punial
The valley of Punial (Urdu: ‫ )ﭜﻮ ﻧﯿﺎ ل‬is situated in Ghizer District in the Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, where hundreds of
thousands of tourists visit annually. Punial is a mountainous valley situated at an elevation of about 5000–9000 feet. It
has pleasant weather and a hospitable populace. The territory of Punial has an area of about 35,900 km².

Contents
Villages of Punial Valley
History
Raja Nasir ul Din of puniyal
Gahkuch
See also
References

Villages of Punial Valley

Gulapur, Sher Qillah, Dalnat, Hamuchal, Gohar Abad, Japukay, Gitch, Dass Japukay, Singal, Thingdass, Gulmuti, Buber,
Gurunjur, Gahkuch bala, Gahkuch pine, Silpi, Damas, Ayshi, Golo Dass, Hatoon, Hasis, Haim, Birgal, Famani and
Hopper.

History
The word “Punial” is from the Shina language. It has two meanings: “fertile land” and “bucket of fruits”. Punial is related
to neighbour areas of Gilgit city. The first civilization of Gilgit-Baltistan is Brushal. Punial was main part of Brushal.
Punially people belonged to Arian “Mazdaism” ( ‫) آﺗﺶ ﭘﺮﺳﺖ‬, after brushal when Shina language penetrated in the area. The
area were Hindus in Punial. After Dardistan a great civilization namely Bolor established in Gilgit Baltistan. The whole
population of Punial became Buddhist. Before recent past occupation of Punially rajas there were tribal heads system.
Some rulers ruled on Punial like shout and other tribal heads of different tribes. Before 150-200 year ago Brush family
from Chitral established their ruled on Punial and Punial become separate independent state. First raja of brush family
was sifat Bahadur his capital was Gahkuch. Punial covered area from Biyarchi to Hoper and up to Birgal.

Raja Nasir ul Din of puniyal

Raja Nasir ul Din alias Jan Alam grandson of Esa Bahdur and the last ruler of Brosh dynasty in Punial. Jan Alam sustained
two out of three uprisings against the autocratic rule by people of Punial. The first uprising was in 1895 which resulted in
the First Constitution (Dastoor ul amal ) of Punial in 1898 by Raj. Second uprising was instigated by father of Jan Alam
(Raja Anwar Khan) the ruler himself to contain his cousin Khan Bahdur by depriving him from the privileges given in the
first dastoor ul amal in 1935. This uprising resulted in amendments in the first dastoor and abolished various categories of
people like Darkkhan, Raihat and gushpur etc. The third uprising in 1951 was initiated by Syeds (father and uncle of Pir

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Karam Ali Shah). The uprising suppressed for the time being but it was converted into a movement and spread over to
other regions like Nagar and resulted into end of autocratic rule in 1971 by Bhutto as part of his nationwide reforms by
abolishing the princely states.

Gahkuch
Gahkuch is the main town, and the district headquarters. It is a popular
tourist attraction in the region because of the spectacular surrounding
scenery. Many facilities available like: Tourists guides, Hotels like (GREEN
PALACE HOTEL GAHKUCH) which is located in Shandur Road.

Sher Qila is another large village in the Punial valley. The distance is 40 km
and time required to reach there is about 45 min to 1 hour.

Kanchey Bridge located near Gahkuch

Valley

See also
Punial State

References

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