Jhelum is a city on the East Bank of the Jhelum River, which is located in the district of Jhelum in the North of Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 44th largest city of Pakistan by population. Jhelum is known for providing many soldiers to the British Army before independence, and later to the Pakistan armed forces, due to which it is also known as City of Soldiers or Land of Martyrs and Warriors.
Image: Masjid Afghana with reflection
Image: CMH Mosque
Image: PU Jhelum Campus 2
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The Jhelum River is a river in the northern Indian subcontinent. It originates at Verinag and flows through the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir, into Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir, then the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the westernmost of the five rivers of the Punjab region, and flows through the Kashmir Valley. It is a tributary of the Chenab River and has a total length of about 725 kilometres (450 mi).
Jhelum River photographed in Pakistan, c. 2006
Verinag Spring is a major source of Jhelum River
A passenger traversing the river precariously seated in a small suspended cradle Circa 1900
Jhelum river, Baramullah, Kashmir, 1880s