The Dogra Raj had started trying to
control Greater Gilgit from 1848. Mir Hunza's warriors fought three times until
1869. After that there was peace. The two main areas of this area were Hunza
and Nagar which were situated on opposite sides of the river Hunza and were
enemies of each other. In 1870, he made a peace treaty with Maharaja Ranbir
Singh. The local rulers of Hunza, Nagar, Ponial, Ashkman, the administrators of
Mount Khidr and Yasin paid tribute to the Dogra Maharaja in April every year.
It was during the polo tournament in Gilgit. But the Hindu Dogra rule was not
popular among the locals.
The ruling family split in Hunza in
1888 and in Nagar in 1891. The next rulers were more aggressive. In 1888,
Hunza's new mayor refused to pay tribute. Dogra attacked again. This time they
clashed with the allied forces of Hunza and Nagar. This force captured the main
fort of Chalat. This alliance was a surprise to the Dogra army as both Hunza
and Nagar were old rivals and bitter enemies. The external enemy had united
them. The rulers of Hunza and Nagar wanted relations with the Russians. The
British prevented them from forming an alliance with Russia by increasing their
popularity. He signed an agreement with Colonel Durand. It was also agreed that
trade caravans would be allowed to pass safely and no looting would take place
on the way here. Since there was not much agricultural land here, it was a
source of income for the area.
Rebellions broke out in Hunza and
Nagar in 1891. This time it was a matter of opposing the construction of a road
to these areas. Mir Hunza sought help from Tashkent, which was denied. The
British assembled the Hunza Nagar Field Force, led by Algornon Durand. After
four weeks of hard fighting, Nagar and then Hunza were defeated in the cold weather.
Mir Hunza was deposed and had to flee to Aramachi where China gave him a manor
in Yarkand. His half-brother was made Mir. The old Mir of Nagar was retained.
The battle was planned and organized by his son. The son was deported. After
the victory of the Anglo-Dogra army, the entire area of Gilgit Agency came
under the control of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.
Gradually, Hunza and Nagar were
largely taken over by the British. In 1913, the Gilgit Corps Scout was formed.
This force and the Jammu and Kashmir State Force also took part in the First
World War. The force turned into the Gilgit Scouts. It had soldiers from Gilgit
Agency who were the best to fight in the area. In 1935, the British formally
took control of Gilgit. It was called Gilgit Leased Area. In November 1947, the
Gilgit Scouts played a key role in the war against the Maharaja led by a
British officer.
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Its neighboring area was Chitral. It
was a Nawabi state west of Gilgit. Mehtar here was connected to Badakhshan and
Wakhan. In 1880, the Afghan Amir claimed that the area of Chitral belonged to
Afghanistan. But the Durand Line of 1894 clearly made it part of British India.
British-Chitral relations soured after the death of British friend Mehtar
Chitral Aman-ul-Mulk. Chitral was annexed to Malakand Agency in 1895, including
Dir and Swat. These areas were in the neighborhood of the state of Jammu and
Kashmir.
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