Prior to the Partition of India, Nowshera was a subdivision in the Bhimber Tehsil of the Mirpur district. A brigade of Jammu and Kashmir State troops was stationed here, with the responsibility of securing the whole of Mirpur and Poonch districts. Following the 1947 Poonch Rebellion and the First Kashmir War Nowshera got separated from the Mirpur district. It was combined with the other 'liberated areas' of the Mirpur district and reconstituted into a new tehsil of the Poonch district. In 1967, the Poonch and Nowshera districts were separated into independent districts, After that due to political pressure District status of Nowshera snatched and given to Rajouri(District) with Nowshera coming under. Nowshera is still suffering due to the political system of J&k.