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Rawani or Rawanri are the Pashtun tribe which can be found in district Mardan,Mayar,Toru,Nawan kale, its the sub tribe of Mandanr a group of warrior Pashtun family which revolt throughtout Mughal Empire and British Raj.

The battle of Prang Ghar british army attack on Uthmankhel home land "Prang Ghar"In this battle Utmankhel were helped by tribesmen from Rawani tribe of Pashtuns. And some were soldiers from Syed Akbar Shah’s army who had come here after fighting alongside Ajun Khan Khalil and Sardar Khan Khalil in the battle of Charsaddah. They were around 3000 soldiers.”On may 1852 A.D, the British army attacked under the command of colonel Sir Colon Kejbel aka Lord Clide. The British army attacked one of famous Utmankhel village “Maira” situated in between two villages named, “Ganderai” and “Bazi Kalay”, from the north. Down the hill, they invaded a famous Utmankhel village, “Praang Ghar”. The battle continued for a few days. The British army destroyed the village. They returned without entering the routes in the hills. They rather invaded a village named “Abazay”. This village is situated on the bank of Panjkora river and was the border of Mohamands and Utmankhels, and was on the top of Ashnaghar. They constructed a fort here to secure Ashnaghar area from Utmankhel and Mohmands’ attacks of which they were informed earlier.The Rowani tribe was inhabited in a village named, “Ghanderay”. The British army when returned from Prang Ghar, attacked Ganderay and destroyed the whole village. They arrested the leaders of the tribe. After a few days, the leaders of the Rowani tribe came to the Britishers and granted bail for their leaders. Their application was not accepted. However, colonel Maxen who was the commissioner of Peshawar at that time, signed an indenture from them according to which the people from Ghanderai village should shift into “Jalala” an area in distt: Mardan. 80 families shifted to Jalala. (Ref : Zamung Mujahidin By Abdul Haleem Asar