British takeover of Gilgit in 1935

Kanwal Singh

British takeover of Gilgit in 1935

November 2022

Vol-8, Issue-6

Paper ID: 18523

ISSN: 2395-4396

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Research Area

History

Keywords

Gilgit British Maharaja Hari Singh Russia Chinese Round Table conference Political Department lease destablise.

Abstract

This research paper aims to understand the context in which Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir was forced to lease out Gilgit in 1935 to the British for 60 years. This paper throws light on the chain of events such as Russian expansion after the 1917 Russian Revolution and the formation of the USSR, the Chinese expansion in Kashgar and adjoining territories in alliance with Russians, and the speech of Maharaja Hari Singh at Second Round Table Conference in 1931in London that made British cautious to adopted aggressive policy towards Maharaja to toe their demand of transferring the control of Gilgit to them. It has also been discovered how rising political consciousness among the Muslims in the state and the fateful event of July 13, 1931, was used as an opportunity by the British to pressurize Maharaja to appoint its officers in the State Council and virtually transfer control of the administration including Gilgit to the British. Moreover, it was Prime Minister M. Calvin of Maharaja who persuaded him and made arrangements for the lease of Gilgit to the British in 1935 for 60 years.

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#	Name	Institute / Affiliation
1	Kanwal Singh	University of Jammu

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Singh, Kanwal (2022). British takeover of Gilgit in 1935. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 8(6), 96-102.

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Singh, Kanwal. "British takeover of Gilgit in 1935." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 8, no. 6, 2022, pp. 96-102.

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Kanwal Singh, "British takeover of Gilgit in 1935," International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 96-102, 2022.

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Singh Kanwal. British takeover of Gilgit in 1935. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education. 2022;8(6):96-102.

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Singh, Kanwal (2022) 'British takeover of Gilgit in 1935', International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 8(6), pp. 96-102.

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Singh, Kanwal. "British takeover of Gilgit in 1935." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 8, no. 6 (2022): 96-102.

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Singh, Kanwal. "British takeover of Gilgit in 1935." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 8, no. 6 (2022): 96-102.