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*[[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Bengal Sappers & Miners]] (7 men)
*[[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Bengal Sappers & Miners]] (7 men)
*[[Hazara Mountain Battery|24th (Hazara) Mountain Battery]] (2 guns)
*[[Hazara Mountain Battery|24th (Hazara) Mountain Battery]] (2 guns)
*Kashmir Imperial Service Infantry (661 Men)
*[[Kashmir Infantry|Kashmir Imperial Service Infantry]] (661 Men)
*Spedding's Pathans (200 men)
*Spedding's Pathans (200 men)
*Punial Levies
*Punial Levies

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Hunza Nagar Campaign
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
Casualties

The Hunza Nagar Campaign of 1891.

Field Force

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