UNDERSTANDING BOLOR ISSUE IN BOLOR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR
DISPUTE
(BJK)
TOP
SECRET.
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE.
Reference item ( c ) (iv) under Gilgit of the minutes of meeting on
11th September 1948 placed below.
I do not remember that any such decision was arrived at. However the
matter was discussed at G.H.Q. by me. The Comander-in-Chief was most empathetic
on the question of a Military Governor. I do not agree and before leaving
Rawalpindi I told General McCay that I would not be able to support the
commander-in-Chief on this issue. My reasons are :-
(a) the actual operations are outside Gilgit Agency, and it would be
impolitic to bring the Agency under Military Government.
(b) Gilgit has its own problems economic, customary and agricultural. It is
necessary to have a P.A. who knows something of these problems.
(c) the present Military Commander, Colonel Jillani told me that he had
never complained against P.A. to any body. In fact Brigadier Sher Khan read out
a leter of his in which he had expressed want of confidence in the P.A. and
asked for supreme authority. It will be unwise to give him this authority.
(d) the Gilgitis require careful handling and political experience is
necessary in order to do this.
2. H.M. would perhaps like to consult Secretary, States Ministry, before
passing final orders.
(Iskander Mirza)
Secretary.
20 – 9 – 48
H.M. Defence.
No. 167/SEC dated 20.9.48
COMMENTS-ANALYSIS:
1. Mr Iskander Mirza, the than Defence Secretary of the Govt of Pakistan
was adjudged to be sympathetic towards the people of Gilgit-Baltistan (Bolor )
as compared with the notorious Minister without Portfolio, Mr Mushtaq Ahmed
Gurmani, who had to do a lot with the misdeeds and misfortune of the people of
Bolor.
2. The Gilgit Agency and Wazarat alongwith Baltistan-Ladakh Wazarat became
the third Northern Area Province of the State of J&K on 1st August 1947. With
the departure of the British from the scene of Bolor after handing over charge
of afore mentioned Wazarats and Agency, their system of agencies and wazarats
finished. On 1st November 1947, the political system of British and than Dogra
Colonised Gilgit-Baltistan i.e. Bolor and adjoining areas further improved,
when an interim Independent Islamic Republic of Gilgit-Baltistan was
established by the people and leaders of Bolor on 1st November 1947.
3. Unfortunately, the villain of Bolor i.e. Major William Alexander Brown,
Sitara-e-Pakistan came into play after getting initial setback from the
liberators of Gilgit and pursued the English subservient Govt of Pakistan to
revert the Gilgit-Baltistan and adjoining areas (Bolor) back to the British
system of Wazarats and Agencies. He also suggested to the Govt of Pakistan to
bring in a colonial Pathan setup exactly on the lines when Bolor was subjugated
by the English and Dogra. The above mentioned is an ample proof of all those
evil doings.
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THE FALL OF GILGIT
THE UNTOLD STORY OF INDO-PAK
AFFAIRS FROM JINNAH TO BHUTTO
(1947 to July 1977)
B. L. Kak
LIGHT & Life PUBLISHERS
NEW DEHLI. JAMMU. ROHTAK
Preface.
Difficult, indeed, has been the process of bringing Pakistan and India closer
to each other after the fall of Gilgit, the northernmost outpost of the Indian
subcontinent, in November 1947. Notwithstanding the oft-repeated statement of
the Indian leaders that New Delhi has been anxious for bringing about an
improvement in its relations with the neighboring countries, the realities of
the dispute between India and Pakistan cannot be concealed inasmuch as many
Pakistanis, especially in Sindh and Punjab, are ostensibly in favor of the
existence of the rift between the two countries.
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