Dogra invasion of Gilgit (1866) | |||||||
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Territories of Jammu and Kashmir after invasion of Gilgit | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Jammu & Kashmir Supported by: Nagar |
Yasin State Hunza State Chitral State | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gen. Devi Singh Narainia Col. Jawahar Singh Col. Hoshiara Singh Col. Bijai Singh Azmat Shah Supported by: Mir Mirza Bahadur |
Malik Aman (WIA) Mir Gazan Khan (WIA) Aman ul-Mulk Mir Vali Khan | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Jammu and Kashmir Rifles | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
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Total: 22,000 Soldiers[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Heavy | Heavy |
The Dogra invasion of Gilgit (1866) was a military expedition led by Gen. Devi Singh of Jammu & Kashmir during the reign of Ranbir Singh, against Hunza, Chitral and Yasin in Gilgit.[2][3]
Previously Dogras had captured Yasin from Gaur Rehman in an invasion in 1860 and appointed Azmat Shah as the Governor of Yasin. But in 1863, Azmat Shah was deposed by his cousin brother, son of Gaur Rehman, Malik Aman. Azmat Shah fled to Jammu to ask help from Ranbir Singh.[3]
In 1866, Ranbir Singh again ordered Devi Singh to capture Yasin. Gen. Devi Singh, Col. Jawahar Singh and Col. Bijai Singh marched towards Yasin, where Malik Aman fled to Chitral and Azmat Shah was reinstalled as the governor of Yasin. [4]
Devi Singh further camped for some days outside Hunza until Mir Mirza Bahadur of Nagar joined hands with Jammu & Kashmir and the combined forces invaded Hunza. Mir Gazan Khan of Hunza and Aman ul Mulk of Chitral with Malik Aman charged upon dogra forces at Hunza Valley, where after a fierce battle Aman-Ul-Mulk retreated to Chitral. Gazan Khan was severely wounded and accepted the Suzerainty of Jammu & Kashmir.[1][3]
Yasin, Punial, Hunza and Nagar accepted the suzerainty of Jammu & Kashmir and started paying annual tribute, in return recieved annual subsidy.[5][6] Later in 1878, Chitral too signed a treaty and became a vassal state of Jammu & Kashmir.[7][8]