The Orignal name of Muzaffarabad was Udabhanda.
The name "Muzaffarabad" (meaning Muzaffar's Town) comes from the name of Sultan khan Muzaffar Khan (a Muslim ruler of Khandan-e-Bomba). After the 1948-49 war, Muzaffarabad was made the capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
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Muzaffarabad is the capital of Pakistan Administered kashmir. It is located in Muzaffarabad District on the banks of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers. The district is attach with Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa in the west, Kupwara and Baramulla districts of the indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in the east. The district was administratively divided into three sub-divisions: Muzaffarabad, Hattian and Authmaqam up to 2004. After the establishment of district Neelum, it retained two sub divisions as Authmuqam was included in district Neelum. As a result, now district Neelum, too, has two sub divisions: Sharda and Athmuqam
