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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 India–Pakistan war of 1947–1948, also known as the first Kashmir war, was a war fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to 1948. It was the first o
Gilgit Scouts
…in Gilgit scouts. After the Independence of Pakistan, the Gilgit Scouts rebelled against the authority of Jammu and Kashmir and participated in the First Kashmir War. According to Major William Brown, its commanding officer, there was a secret plan among a few members of Gilgit Scouts to set up a "Republic of…
Indian troops landing on Srinagar airfield
Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, Supreme Commander of Indian and Pakistani armed forces
Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir in military uniform
Liaquat Ali Khan, prime minister of Pakistan