Hunza–Nagar Campaign
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The Hunza-Nagar Campaign was an armed conflict in 1891 fought by troops serving the British Raj against the princely states of Hunza and Nagar in the Gilgit Agency. It is also known in Pakistan as the
The Fighting near Gilgit
Mir of Nagar, Raja Azur Khan (also commander of lashkar forces)
The forts at Nilt
Algernon Durand
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Algernon George Arnold Durand, CB, CIE was a British soldier.
Hunza–Nagar Campaign
…the Gilgit Agency (now part of the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan). It is also known in Pakistan as the Anglo-Brusho War or Jangir-e-Lae. Colonel Algernon George Arnold Durand, the British Political Administrator of the Gilgit Agency, undertook measures to strengthen British influence in the region. These efforts, aimed at…
From the frontispiece of The Making of a Frontier