Hunza Nagar Campaign

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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

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)
Speding's Pathans (200 men)
Punial Levies

External Links

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