Throchi Fort

Throchi Fort (Urdu: تھروچی قلعہ) is a historical fort in Throchi village, Choroi Tehsil of Kotli district in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

[5] No original details regarding the construction and the founder of Throchi Fort could be found.

The local claims include the name Throchi comes from the name of a prominent Hindu personality of that time.

[3] However it is considered that the fort was constructed between 1425 and 1460, when this region was under control of Jasrat, a Khokhar or Gakhar chieftain.

[6] It was strategically positioned to protect the hamlet and its surrounding from prospective invasions and attacks.