Hunza–Nagar Campaign

Hunza–Nagar Campaign
Part of British colonisation of India and Anglo-Indian wars

The Fighting near Gilgit
Date1891
Location
Result

British victory

  • All forts captured by British forces
  • Mirs of Hunza and Nagar flee to China
  • New rulers installed
Territorial
changes
Submission of Hunza and Nagar to British suzerainty
Belligerents
Hunza
Nagar

British Empire

Commanders and leaders
Safdar ali Khan
(Mir of Hunza)
Raja Azur Khan
(Mir of Nagar)
Units involved
Hunza-Nagar forces
Strength

British estimates:-

  • 5,000

5th Gurkhas:-

  • 188

20th Punjab Infantry :-

  • 28

24th Hazara Mountain Battery :-

  • 2 Guns

Bengal sappers and Miners :-

  • 7

Kashmir Imperial Service Infantry :-

  • 661

Speddings Pathans :-

  • 200

Punali levies :-

  • 150

Total :-

  • 1,000 riflemen
Casualties and losses

Hunza-nagar sources:-
100+

127 captured

Hunza-nagar sources:-

54+

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 (now part of the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan). It is also known in Pakistan as the Anglo-Brusho War or Jangir-e-Lae.