Silambam Asia where silambam greatly influenced many fighting systems. The Indian community of the Malay Peninsula is known to have practiced silambam as far back as the period of Melaka's founding in the 15th century, and likely much earlier. The soldiers of Kings Puli Thevar, Dheeran Chinnamalai had Silambam army named "thadii pattalam", Veerapandiya Kattabomman and Maruthu Pandiyar (1760–1799) relied mainly on their Silambam prowess in their warfare against the British Army. Indian martial arts suffered a decline after the British colonists banned Silambam along with various other systems. They also introduced modern western military training which favoured fire-arms over traditional
Mitha Khel of Mitha khel is high as compare to other villages of Karak.The literacy rate in Mitha khel is above 80%. There is one Government high school for boys, one Govt.girls high school and many primary schools for both girls and boys. There are number of private schools and colleges such as Shaheen Children academy, Rashid minhas public school, Al Huda public school (Boys) and college (Girls) and al mumtaz public school and college(Mr.Subhan al azri group). Mitha khel is called the gate way to Karak politics.The people of Mitha khel have a deep interest in politics. Currently, The leading political