Akhnoor

The town of Akhnoor is situated at 28 km southwest of Jammu in the foothills of pir panjal range on the right bank of river. The river Chenab after travelling in serpentine manner for hundereds of kilometers in Himachal Pradesh and pir panjal range of J&K. Before Akhnoor Town there is a fort located overlooking the river.The Fort was started in 1762 AD at the behest of Raja Tegh Singh. His son Alam Singh completed the fort in 1802. Contd.