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Field guide · Heritage
Dulmial
Dulmial, the Salt Range 'village with the gun', given a cannon for sending 460 men to the First World War.
Dulmial is a village in Choa Saidan Shah Tehsil of Chakwal District, on the road from Choa Saidan Shah to Kallar Kahar near Katas Raj. It sent 460 soldiers to the First World War, the largest number of any village in South Asia, and 732 to the Second. In 1925 the British gave it a cannon, brought from Jhelum by train and ox-cart, which still stands at the village entrance.
Why go
- ✦The 'village with the gun'
- ✦460 soldiers in the First World War
- ✦Near Katas Raj
How to Reach
By road between Choa Saidan Shah and Kallar Kahar in Chakwal District.
Planning tip
Best Time to Visit, October to March.
Getting there, By road between Choa Saidan Shah and Kallar Kahar in Chakwal District.
Allow, Under an hour.
What to Do
Make Dulmial Part of a Trip
GreenPak resorts and journeys within 5 km of Dulmial.
Nearby
Straight-line distance from Dulmial, within 5 km.
