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Gilgit rebellion : the major who mutinied over partition of India

In 1942 William Brown was posted as a recently commissioned Indian Army Officer to the Gilgit Agency in the very north of the North West Frontier. He travelled widely, learnt the local dialects and built the Chilas Polo ground. After a brief period away from Gilgit, just prior to Partition in early 1947 he was appointed acting Commandant of the Gilgit Scoots. To his horror he learnt that the Viceroy Lord Mountbatten had ruled that Gilgit, despite being 99% Muslim, should be ceded to Hindu rule. Knowing that this was a disastrous and callous decision that would lead to insurrection, chaos and b
eBook, English, 2014
Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley, 2014
Biographies
1 online resource
9781473840591, 9781473841123, 1473840597, 1473841127
894511884
Cover; Dedication Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1: My First Tour in Gilgit (August 1943 to July 1946); 1. The Role of the Scouts; 2. The Gilgit Agency; 3. The People of Gilgit; 4. Sports and Pastimes; 5. Chilas; 6. The Gilgit Agency: Strategy; 7. The Gilgit Scouts; 8. My Life in Gilgit in the British Period; Chapter 2: Return to Gilgit (June to September 1947); 1. Appointed Commandant of the Gilgit Scouts; 2. Flight into Gilgit; 3. The New Kashmiri Order; 4. Gilgit Politics and Oaths of Loyalty. Chapter 3: The Gathering Storm (September to October 1947)1. Plans; 2. October 1947 and the Crisis Begins; Chapter 4: The Coup d'État (October to November 1947); 1. The Gilgit Agency Joins Pakistan; 2. The Defeat of the 6th Jammu & Kashmir Infantry; Chapter 5: The End Game (November 1947 to January 1948); 1. Consolidation; 2. The Arrival of Sardar Mohammed Alam; 3. Peshawar; 4. The Sack of the Gilgit bazaar; 5. The Rawalpindi Conference; 6. The Last Phase; Appendix I: Precis of Recent Events in the Gilgit Agency (1 August to 16 November 1947). Appendix II: A Short Note on Current Events in GilgitAppendix III: Precis of Events in Gilgit Since the Arrival of Sardar Mohammed Alam, Political Agent (16 November 1947 to 14 January 1948); Appendix IV: Glossary