1947 Gilgit rebellion
| 1947 Gilgit rebellion (Operation Datta Khel) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Kashmir conflict and Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 | |||||||||
Gilgit Scouts raising the Pakistani flag during Operation Datta Khel | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Gilgit Scouts Pakistan |
Jammu and Kashmir State Forces
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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William Brown (Gilgit Scouts Commander) Mirza Hassan Khan (Rebel Commander) |
Hari Singh (Maharaja/Ruler) Colonel Majid Khan (Commander of Muslim Company) Ghansara Singh (Governor of the Gilgit Agency) | ||||||||
In November 1947, the paramilitary force of Gilgit Scouts stationed at Gilgit rebelled against the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, soon after it acceded to the Indian Union. Under the command of a British officer Major William Brown, they executed a coup d'etat, overthrew the governor Ghansara Singh, and imprisoned him. The Muslim troops of Jammu and Kashmir State Forces stationed at Bunji joined in the rebellion, under the command of Captain Mirza Hassan Khan, imprisoned their own commander Colonel Abdul Majid and eliminated the non-Muslim troops. A provisional government was declared under a local chief Shah Rais Khan, which lasted for about two weeks. On 16 November, a Pakistani political agent Khan Mohammad Alam Khan arrived and took over the administration.