Mir Painda Khan
Painda Khan Tanoli was a powerful chief and warrior in Tanawal area of North-West Frontier region of India.The Swatis appealed to Sardar Hari Singh, who was unable to help them, but in 1841[4] Hari Singh's successor restored Agror to Atta Muhammad, a descendant of Mullah or Akhund Sad-ud-din.[5] James Abbott, British deputy commissioner at Hazara in 1851[6] commented that "During the first period of Painda Khan's career, he was far too vigorous and powerful to be molested by any neighbouring tribe, and when he began to fail before the armies and purse of the Sikh Government, he was interested in keeping upon the best terms with his northern neighbours of the Black Mountains to whom he allowed the privilege of pasture in the small Tupa of Turrowra."[7]Abbott further described Painda Khan as "a Chief renowned on the Border, a wild and energetic man who was never subjugated by the Sikhs".[7] General Dhaurikal Singh, commanding officer of the Sikh troops in Hazara, ordered Painda Khan to be poisoned in September 1844,[8] and this resulted in Painda Khan's death.