Hunza Nagar Campaign
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 | ||
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)<b - Spedding's Pathans (200 men)
- Punial Levies
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books -Hunza Nagar Campaign
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