The Sudhan Educational Conference (SEC) was established in 1934 in Poonch by an acclaimed visionary and social reformist Colonel Khan Mohammed Khan- IDSM, aka Khan Sahib. He was one of the first elected members of the Praja Sabha (People Assembly) (1934-1946) from the Sudhanoti and Bagh constituency of Poonch Jagir (fiefdom) of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.