The Gilgit Agency 1877-1935 : Second Reprint (Hardcover)  | Released: 1997

The book endeavours to make an analysis of the Anglo-Russian relations in Central Asia besides giving an account of the activities of the Kashmir and British Governments in the social, economic, political and cultural fields in the Agency Area. It offers an insight into the politics of the frontier and would be of great interest to the scholars of Central Asian Studies.Table of Contents: 1. Geography and History of Gilgit 2. Establishment of the Gilgit Agency 3. Major Biddulph as British Agent and His Recall in 1881 4. Reappointment of the Agent, 1889 5. The Hunza and Nagar War 6. The Indus Valley Rising 7. The Chitral Imbroglio of 1895 8. The Chitral Imbroglio of 1895 (Contd.) The Two-pronged Attack 9. The Defence and Management of the Gilgit Agency 10. Territorial Units of the Gilgit Agency. The Untold Part of their History and Lease of the Agency 11. Epilogue Bibliography