History of Chitral Campaign

Vol-4 | Issue-04 | April 2019 | Published Online: 15 April 2019    PDF ( 135 KB )
Author(s)
Arvind Singh Jamwal 1

1Ph. D Scholar, Department of History, University of Jammu, Jammu (India)

Abstract

This paper focuses on the north-west frontier region Jammu and Kashmir State. The paper explains Chitral campaign which was conducted by the British Indian forces along with the active support of Jammu and Kashmir State forces. This paper is an attempt to explain the important role played by the Jammu and Kashmir state forces to bring the important area of Chitral which was of prime importance for both the government of India and the Jammu and Kashmir Government. This campaign was also very decisive for the security of the north-west frontier of the Jammu and Kashmir state. We will explore in the paper the achievement of the control of the important Area for both British Government and Jammu and Kashmir State Government.

Keywords
Gilgit, Chitral, British gov, North-West Frontier, GeneralBaj Singh.
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