Gilgit
 
         ....            Gilgit state established in remote (legendary) antiquity.
         1842 - 1846     Occupied by Sikhs.
                1846     Gilgit becomes subject to Jammu, later Jammu and Kashmir.
         18.. - 1860     Ruled by Chitral.
                1860     Restored to Jammu and Kashmir.
         01 Nov 1947     Islamic Republic of Gilgit proclaimed (claiming the area
                          of Gilgit-Baltistan, several princely states, Kargil & Ladakh),
                          with the aim of joining Pakistan.
         16 Nov 1947     Pakistan take possession.
 
  • Rulers (title Raas)
  • Ali Sher Khan
  • Resho Wazir
  • Habib Khan
  • Malika Jawar Khatun (female)............................1689 - 1705
  • Raja Shah Gauritham.....................................1705 - 1800
  • Sulaiman Shah (1st time)................................1800 - 1802
  • Raja Muhammad Khan......................................1802 - 1822
  • Raja Abbas Khan (Raja Asghar Khan or Yasin ?)...........1822 - 1825
  • Sulaiman Shah (2nd time)................................1825 - 1826
  • Malika Sahibnuma (female)...............................1826 - 1828
    • Azad Shah of Purnial (Regent)......................1826 - 182.
    • Raja Tahir Shah of Nagar (Regent)..................182. - 1828 and then...
  • Raja Tahir Shah.........................................1828 - 1836
  • Raja Sikandar Shah......................................1836 - 1840
  • Gohar Aman..............................................1840 - 1842
  • Occupied by Sikhs.......................................1842 - 1846
    • Raja Karim Khan....................................1842 - 1844
    • Raja Muhammad Khan II..............................1844 - 1847
  • Jammu...................................................1846 - ?
    • Raja Malik Aman....................................1847 - 1848
  • Chitral....................................................? - 1860
  • Jammu and Kashmir.......................................1860 - 1947
  • President
  • Raja Shah Rais Khan..............................01 Nov 1947 - 16 Nov 1947
  • On 26 October 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, faced with a tribal invasion by Pakistan, signed the Instrument of Accession, joining India. Gilgit's population did not favour the State's accession to India. Sensing their discontent, Major William Brown, the Maharaja's commander of the Gilgit Scouts, mutinied on 01 November 1947, overthrowing the Governor Ghansara Singh. The bloodless coup d'état was planned by Brown to the last detail under the code name `Datta Khel'. A provisional government (Aburi Hakoomat) was established by the Gilgit locals with Raja Shah Rais Khan as the president and Mirza Hassan Khan as the commander-in-chief. However, Major Brown had already telegraphed Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan asking Pakistan to take over. The Pakistani political agent, Khan Mohammad Alam Khan, arrived on 16 November and took over the administration of Gilgit. Historian Yaqiob Khan Bangash concludes that the people of Gilgit, Chilas, Koh Ghizr, Ishkoman, Yasin, Punial, Hunza and Nagar joined Pakistan by their own choice.
  • Pakistan.........................................16 Nov 1947 - date
 
  • British Political Agent for Gilgit
  • John Biddulph...........................................1878 - 1881
  • Agency closed from 1881 to 1889.
  • Algernon George Arnold Durand....................17 Jul 1889 - 01 Nov 1893
  • A.M.C. Bruce (acting)............................02 Nov 1893 - 26 Jan 1894
  • George Scott Robertson...........................27 Jan 1894 - 28 Jul 1896
  • S.H. Godfrey.....................................29 Jul 1896 - 13 Aug 1897
  • Arthur Henry MacMahon............................14 Aug 1897 - 30 Sep 1898
  • John Manners Smith...............................01 Oct 1898 - 21 Oct 1901
  • William H.M.S. Stewart...........................22 Oct 1901 - 18 Oct 1903
  • Bertrand Evelyn Mollish Gurdon...................19 Oct 1903 - 04 Oct 1906
  • A.F. Bruce.......................................15 Oct 1906 - Apr 1908
  • A.D. Macpherson (1st time, acting)..................Apr 1908 - Oct 1908
  • Armine Brereton Dew..............................28 Oct 1908 - 29 May 1911
  • A.D. Macpherson (2nd time).......................30 May 1911 - 12 Oct 1916
  • E.H.C. James.....................................13 Oct 1916 - 20 May 1917
  • C.A. Smith.......................................21 May 1917 - 22 Sep 1920
  • D.C.R. Lorimer...................................23 Sep 1920 - 20 Sep 1924
  • Gordon Loch......................................21 Sep 1924 - 10 Oct 1927
  • Herbert J. Todd..................................11 Oct 1927 - 28 Sep 1931
  • George Van Baerle Gillan.........................29 Sep 1931 - 21 Sep 1934
  • George Kirkbride.................................22 Sep 1934 - 04 Oct 1937
  • Ian W. Galbraith.................................05 Oct 1937 - 13 Jun 1939
  • R.K.M. Battye (acting)...........................14 Jun 1939 - 02 Oct 1939
  • G.C.L. Crichton..................................03 Oct 1942 - 08 Jul 1942
  • Evelyn H. Cobb...................................08 Jul 1942 - 05 Sep 1945
  • R.N. Bacon.......................................05 Sep 1945 - 31 Jul 1947
  • Governor (for the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashnmir)
  • Ghansara Singh...................................01 Aug 1947 - 01 Nov 1947
 
 
Pakistan's autonomous region of Gilgit-Baltistan
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