Event Pakistan annexion of Gilgit

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Was the incorporation of the Gilgit-Baltistan region (one third of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir) into Pakistan in 1947.

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  • November 1947: In Gilgit, the state paramilitary forces, called the Gilgit Scouts, joined the invading Pakistani forces, who thereby obtained control of this northern region of the state.