Pallandri is a small town, situated in the Sudhnati District, in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It was the first capital of Azad Kashmir and is about 94 kilometres away from - the capital of Pakistan.
Pallandri was tehsil of Poonch District, until the district was split into Poonch and Sudhnati. Pallandri is now the capital of Sudhnutti District.
Sometimes, the town's new name of Sudhnutti is still used.but mostly people use its old name Pallandri
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The town has a hilly landscape and many historical forts.
Temperature in summer is almost 20 to 35 °C and in winter -5 to 25 °C. In winter, one may see snow on the nearby mountains.
Pallandri is the hometown of Brig.Muhammd Sadiq Khan and the home of all the children of Col Khan Muhammad Khan.He had 4 sons and 1 daughter.The sons were:-Col M.Naqi Khan,Abdul Qayyum,and Ali Muhammad. He had 1 daughter named:-Khalida Khanam.Col M. Naqi Khan's son Dr. Najeeb Naqi Khan was also into the politics and was voted as Minister of Health of Azad Jammu Kashmir.His ministry ended year in 2008 when Attique's ministry ended.Now again Dr. M Najeeb Naqi become Health Minister of Azad Jammu&Kashmir.The current Person incharge of Pallandri is Deputy Commissioner (DC) Amjad Pervaiz Ali Khan who lives in the DC house, a listed building.
One of the most known important and historical building in Pallandri is The DC House.(Currently Occupied by Amjad Pervaiz Ali Khan(DC)It was built in 1915 by Maraja Poonch, the then ruler of the Poonch State in Pallandri, he chose to put it on the very top of the town so he could see the Million Dollar view. It is built entirely out of stone so during the 2005 earthquake it wasn't harmed in any way whatsoever. It was known as Rani ka bangla/dak bangla the Maraja and his wife/Rani used to stay here while on their way from Poonch to Rawalpindi. After the partition of India and Pakistan,In 1947,this Poonch state was also divided into two parts, one of them is in the J&K (Indian held Kashmir) and the second part in the Azad Jammu and Kasmir (AJK) It was then converted into the DC house were the DC started to live and since that day, It was known as The DC house. Amjad Pervaiz Ali Khan (DC) has added to the stone structure and know a beautiful structure a proof that history has got style.Another Historical place at Pallandri is a waterpiont named as Rani ki bavlee.