[9] Historically this place was very important for all those emperor's that would wanted to establish their empire on the Northern areas and other parts of Kashmir.

At that time the main power on this region was the Tanoli tribe (descendants of Khilji) and their state Amb Darband Ruled By Malik Abdul Qadir (founder of free Amb Movement after independence), great-grandfather Mir Jehandad Khan Tanoli, was a tribal chief of the Tanoli people and the state headquarter was in Darband.

However, the maharajas of Jammu and Kashmi, who became the suzerains of the Poonch jagir after 1846, exerted increasing control over the region towards the end of the period.

Raja Baldev Singh constructed a road from Poonch to the Haji Pir pass via Kahuta, along with a suspension bridge over the Betar Nala near the town.

It was burnt down by the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces stationed at Poonch during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, mistaking an Indian relief column sent via Uri to be an enemy attack.

Nevertheless, a portion of the column under the command of Pritam Singh reached Poonch and helped the town survive the siege.

The main eastern part of the district is very cold in the winter and moderate in the summer.

However, the lower valleys, the localities bordering Bagh at Kohala and its adjoining areas (Mongbajri and Ajra-Bagh) remain cold in the winter and hot in the summer.

The city of Bagh, like other areas of the district, was heavily damaged in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.

[17] The United States government, through Pakistan, distributed vouchers to people in the district so that they could buy food and water.