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Mirpur Division میرپور ڈویژن
Division
Map of Mirpur Division
Country	Pakistan
Territory	Azad Kashmir
Capital	Mirpur
Government
• Type	Divisional Administration
• Regional Director	Chaudhry Shaukat Ali (PAS)
• Regional Police Officer	Khalid Mehmood Chauhan (PSP)
Population
• Total	1,651,018

The Mirpur Division (Urdu: میرپور ڈِوِژن) is a first-order administrative division of the Pakistani dependent territory of Azad Kashmir. Mirpur is the largest division by population in Azad Kashmir. It comprises the portion of the former Mirpur District of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir that came under Pakistani control at the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.

History

The area of the present Mirpur Division was a part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir during the British Raj and after the partition of India. After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, it became part of what is now Azad Kashmir. The Mirpur Division was the location of the Mirpur Massacre in November 1947.

Districts

Currently, the Mirpur Division consists of the following districts:

References

1. "November 25, 1947 Mirpur massacre: An ill-fated day that reminds us of injustice and infringement, brutality and bloodshed".
2. "Kashmir History and Politics".

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