Gilgit Scouts
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The Gilgit Scouts was a paramilitary force based in the Gilgit-Baltistan region in northern Pakistan. They were raised by the British Raj in 1913, to assist the Gilgit-based British Political Agent in
Gilgit Scouts raising the Pakistani flag during the Gilgit Rebellion
Monument dedicated to the martyrs of the Gilgit Scouts
The Northern Light Infantry Regiment is a light infantry regiment in the Pakistan Army, based and currently headquartered in Gilgit, Pakistan. Along with other forces of the Pakistani military, the NL
Gilgit Scouts
…Scouts as of 31 December 1948 gave rise to the present day Gilgit-Baltistan. The force continued in Pakistan till 1975 when it was incorporated as the Northern Light Infantry of the Pakistan Army. When the Gilgit Agency was established in 1889, its security was provided by the Imperial Service Troops of the maharaja of Jammu…
Regimental cap badge of the NLI.