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[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns | [[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Hunza Nagar Campaign 1891]] | ||
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| 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 - Where Three Empires Meet: A narrative of recent travel in Kashmir, western Tibet, Gilgit, and the adjoining countries, E. F. Knight, 1893.
Downloadable from Archive.org
Reprinted by Adamant Media Corporation 2001. ISBN 1-402193-06-8