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|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908]] | |partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908]] | ||
|date=1 December 1891-11 January 1892 | |date=1 December 1891-11 January 1892 | ||
|location= [ | |location= [[State of Hunza|Hunza]], NWF | ||
|presidency=[[Bengal]] | |presidency=[[Bengal]] | ||
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=36.254484,74.357742&z=12&t=h&hl=en 36.254484°N 74.357742°E] | |co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=36.254484,74.357742&z=12&t=h&hl=en 36.254484°N 74.357742°E] | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunza_(princely_state) Hunza, NWF] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br> | |||
[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions] www.antiquesatoz.com<br> | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TvkpSbmwrf8C&pg=PA112&dq=Hunza+1891&as_brr=3&ei=Vqo-SZ64FIzKM7_T6dEG#PRA1-PA112,M1 Hunza Nagar Campaign] Google Books | |||
== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
Revision as of 12:59, 26 October 2009
| Hunza Nagar Campaign | ||
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| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
| Date: | 1 December 1891-11 January 1892 | |
| Location: | Hunza, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 36.254484°N 74.357742°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Hunza & Nagar tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Col Algernon Durand | Safdar Ali Khan, Thum of Hunza | |
| Strength | ||
| 16 British officers about 1,000 fighting men |
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| Casualties | ||
The Hunza Nagar Campaign of 1891.
Field Force
- 5th Gurkhas (188 men)
- 20th Punjab Infantry (28 men)
- Bengal Sappers & Miners (7 men)
- 24th (Hazara) Mountain Battery (2 guns)
- Kashmir Imperial Service Infantry (661 Men)
- Spedding's Pathans (200 men)
- Punial Levies
External Links
Hunza, NWF Wikipedia
North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
NWF Expeditions www.antiquesatoz.com
Hunza Nagar Campaign Google Books
Recommended Reading
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0