Rajauri
Sign in to saveRajouri or Rajauri (; ; ) is a city in the Rajouri district of the Jammu division of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located about from Srinagar and from Jammu city on the Poonch Highway. thumb|Rajouri citythumb|Jhula bridge in Medina colony, Rajouri city.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rajouri
- Settlement.native_name
- Rājpur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Rajouri city skyline photo.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Rajouri city.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Jammu & Kashmir, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Union Territory
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Jammu
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Rajouri
- Settlement.established_title
- Settled
- Settlement.established_date
- 623 BC
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal Committee
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Rajouri or Rajauri (; ; ) is a city in the Rajouri district of the Jammu division of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located about from Srinagar and from Jammu city on the Poonch Highway. thumb|Rajouri citythumb|Jhula bridge in Medina colony, Rajouri city.
== History == The first ruler of this Kingdom was Raja Prithvi Pal from the Jarral Rajput clan ruled Rajouri from 1033 to 1192, Prithvi Pal defended Pir Panjal at the time of incursion of Mahmud of Ghazni in 1021 CE. The old name of Rajouri was "Rajapuri" as mentioned in Rajtarangni of Kalhana Pandita written in 1148 CE.