The Mangral Rajputs of Kotli Mangralan

DHAL TALWAR KI AAN (BY THE HONOUR OF MY SHIELD AND SWORD!)
Col. Raja Mahmood Khan

Colonel Raja Mahmood Khan, Throtchi Fort and Dabrian


It is reported that Raja Sakhi Daler Khan defeated a company of the Dogra army at Punjer. This situation forced the Dogra army to rush towards Throtchi Fort near the town of Gulpur. Throtchi Fort was then attacked by local forces led by Colonel Raja Mahmood Khan and Subedar Raja Sher Baz Khan and the Dogra's driven out fleeing to a place called Dabrian near the village of Joona (which is close to the village of Koi as narrated above). The Mangral forces caught up with the Dogra's at Dabrian and a final battle ensued following which most of the Dogra forces were killed. A few heavily armed Dogra's managed to escape to Jammu by following the path of the river Mool.

It was Subedar Raja Sher Baz Khan that donated the land in Bratla for the building of Bratla High School.