1913–1975 paramilitary in Gilgit Agency, Jammu and Kashmir
Gilgit Scouts
Insignia of the Gilgit Scouts
Active
1913–1975
Country
Pakistan
Type
Paramilitary
Nickname(s)
Northern Battalion
Engagements
First Kashmir War
1947 Gilgit Rebellion
Siege of Skardu
Commanders
Notable commanders
Major William Brown Brigadier Aslam Khan
Military unit
The Gilgit Scouts were a paramilitary force within the Gilgit-Baltistan region in northern Pakistan. They were raised by the British Raj in 1913, on behalf of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, to police the Gilgit Agency, which formed the northern frontier of British India. The force was composed of local men recruited by British commanders.
In November 1947, under the command of Major William Brown, the Gilgit Scouts staged a rebellion and overthrew the Governor of Gilgit under the Jammu and Kashmir state. The Muslim element of the State Forces based at Bunji joined the rebels. The Azad Kashmir provisional government took control of the force by sending Colonel Aslam Khan as its commander. The combined force conquered all of Baltistan, giving rise to the present day Gilgit-Baltistan.[1]
The force was continued by Pakistan till 1975 when it was integrated into the Northern Light Infantry of the Pakistan Army.
^Brown, William (2014). Gilgit Rebelion: The Major Who Mutinied Over Partition of India. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473841123.
The GilgitScouts were a paramilitary force within the Gilgit-Baltistan region in northern Pakistan. They were raised by the British Raj in 1913, on behalf...
In November 1947, the paramilitary force of GilgitScouts stationed at Gilgit rebelled against the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, soon after it...
the partition of India, the Gilgit Leased Area and the Agency were returned to the Maharaja. However, the GilgitScouts rebelled on 1 November 1947 after...
origins in the GilgitScouts raised by British India in 1913 for defending the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir's northern frontier. The Scouts, along with...
Gilgit (/ˈɡɪlɡɪt/; Shina: گلیٗت; Urdu: گلگت IPA: [ˈɡɪlɡɪt]) is a city in Pakistani-administered Gilgit–Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. It is...
Skardu was a prolonged military blockade carried out by the GilgitScouts, Chitral Scouts and Chitral State Bodyguards, acting in coordination against...
point, the Gilgitscouts were retreating and the Dogra forces had made gains in the Burzil pass. Under these circumstances, the Chitral scouts relieved...
further inflame the GilgitScouts. With Majeed's agreement, he set out to Gilgit. It appears that by the time he reached Gilgit, the governor was already...
impending attack. Meanwhile, the Pakistani commander at Gilgit reorganised the GilgitScouts and the 6th Infantry rebels into three forces of 400 men...
in Gilgit was overthrown by the GilgitScouts, who then took the entire region for Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948; the Gilgit Agency...
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was built by Brigadier M. Aslam Khan (M.C, H.J, F.K), First Commander GilgitScouts, which today employs the locals. The local community stopped the extraction...
lengthy search. On June 23, 2013, about 15 extremist militants wearing GilgitScouts uniforms shot and killed ten foreign climbers (one Lithuanian, three...
First Mahsud Scouts. In 1975 three units, the GilgitScouts, the Karakoram Scouts and the Northern Scouts, were merged to form a new paramilitary force...
During the First Kashmir War in 1947–1948, a wing of the combined GilgitScouts and renegade 6th Infantry of the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces, called...
Pakistani force consisted of 1 company of Karakoram Scouts and 1-2 companies of mixed Karakoram and GilgitScouts. These were supported by three 75-mm guns, a...
སྦལ་ཏི།, pronounced [skərduː]) is a city located in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. Skardu serves as the capital of...
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