 Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. The dark-brown region represents Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir while the Aksai Chin is under Chinese occupation The Northern Areas, or Gilgit-Baltistan, or Balawaristan is the northernmost region of Pakistan, with a population of approximately 1.1 million. The entire area including Gilgit and Baltistan was known as the Gilgit Agency till October, 1947. India does not recognize the Northern Areas as belonging to Pakistan and calls the region encompassing Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas "Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)". Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The Disputed Territory : Shown in green is Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ...
The Disputed Territory : Shown in green is Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ...
Jammu and Kashmir is the northern-most state of the Republic of India, with Srinagar as its summer capital and Jammu as its winter capital. ...
Aksai Chin (Simplified Chinese: 阿克赛钦; Traditional Chinese: 阿克賽欽; pinyin: ) is a region located at the junction of the Peoples Republic of China, Pakistan, and India. ...
Rakaposhi is a mountain in the Karakoram region of the Pakistani Himalaya. ...
Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ...
Gilgit is a region in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, bordering the Chinese region of Xinjiang. ...
Baltistan is a region in the far north of Kashmir, bordering the Chinese region of Xinjiang. ...
The Gilgit Agency was an occupied province of the Maharaja of Kashmir before November 1, 1947. ...
1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ...
Geography
Borders To the north is the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan, a narrow strip of land that separates Pakistan from Tajikistan. To the northeast is the Xinjiang territory of China. To the southeast is Jammu and Kashmir, a disputed territory controlled by India. To the south is Azad Kashmir and to the west and southwest lies the North-West Frontier Province. Wakhan is a very mountainous and rugged part of the Pamir region. ...
Xinjiang (Chinese: æ–°ç–†; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsin1-chiang1; Postal Pinyin: Sinkiang; literal meaning: New Frontier; Uyghur: ), full name Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...
Jammu and Kashmir is the northern-most state of the Republic of India, with Srinagar as its summer capital and Jammu as its winter capital. ...
Azad Kashmir Capital Muzaffarabad Status self-governing state Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ...
North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is geographically the smallest of the four provinces of Pakistan. ...
Area The Northern Areas collectively comprise a territory of 27,991 mi² (72,496 km²). A square mile is the area equal to a square with sides each 1 mile long. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
Mountains The Northern Areas have some of the worlds highest mountain ranges — the main ranges are the Karakoram and the western Himalayas. The Pamir mountains are to the north, and the Hindu Kush lies to the west. The Karakoram Located in the mountainous region of Gilgit-Baltistan or the Northern Areas of Pakistan, the Karakoram is one of the great Himalayan mountain ranges, with many of the highest and most daunting peaks of the world. ...
The Himalaya is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. ...
Located in Central Asia, the Pamir Mountains are formed by the junction of the worlds greatest mountain ranges, a geologic structural knot from which the great Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, and Hindu Kush mountain systems radiate. ...
The Hindu Kush or Hindukush (هندوکش in Persian) is a mountain range in Afghanistan as well as in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. ...
Subdivisions The Northern Areas comprise the two districts of Baltistan and the three districts of Gilgit (where the capital, the city of Gilgit, is located). Baltistan is a region in the far north of Kashmir, bordering the Chinese region of Xinjiang. ...
Gilgit is a region in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, bordering the Chinese region of Xinjiang. ...
History The region was under local rulers for many centuries. The rulers of Hunza were called Mirs, and those of Gilgit were called Raas. Some parts of the region were invaded by Maharajas of Kashmir and they governed the area for many years, which led to the common belief that it is a part of Kashmir. But the people of Gilgit-Baltistan regard themselves as being distinct from Kashmiris and many want to become the fifth province of Pakistan. And they oppose being included in Kashmir. Their opinion is that invasion of Mahrajas doesn't mean that this is a part of Kashmir, just like British invasion over the India in 19th century does not mean that India is a part of Britain. The region's lack of representation in the parliament of Pakistan has placed it outside the mainstream politics of the country, which has become a major cause of frustration to the inhabitants of Gilgit-Baltistan. Hunza is the northernmost part of a region known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan. ...
Gilgit is a region in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, bordering the Chinese region of Xinjiang. ...
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Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Unlike the area that Pakistan calls "Azad Kashmir," the Northern Areas are incorporated into Pakistan. A small part of Northern Areas was ceded to China by Pakistan in 1963 with the proviso that the settlement was subject to the final solution of the Kashmir dispute. India does not recognize the Northern Areas as belonging to Pakistan and calls the region encompassing Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas "Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK)". Azad Kashmir Capital Muzaffarabad Status self-governing state Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ...
1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ...
Demographics With many isolated valleys separated by some of the world's highest mountains, the people of the region consist of many different groups, being linguistically, ethnically, religiously, and racially diverse.
Languages and ethnic groups Brushaski, an isolated language, is spoken in Hunza, Nagir, Yasin(where Khowar is also spoken), some parts of Gilgit, and some villages of Punyal. Shina language with different accents or in different dialacts is the Language of over 40% of total population, spoken mainly in Gilgit, throughout Diamer, and some parts of Ghizr. Balti with a similar accent, is spoken by the entire population of Baltistan except some villages. There are also some other languages spoken in the area -- Wakhi is spoken in upper Hunza and some villages in Ghizr, Khowar is the major language of Ghizr. None of these languages are similar to each other. Urdu is the Lingua franca of the Area. Urdu is understood by almost all men, and literate women. There is another wonderful language that is unique in many aspects, called Doomaski. This language is spoken by the musician clans of the region. It is worthy to note that there were specific tribes that were responsible for playing music. Now with the advancement in technology, and the higher degree of awareness, young Hunzais, irrespective of their tribe are indulging in playing muscial instruments, at the professinoal level.. Burushaski (Other names are Burushaski, Brushas, Brushias) is a language isolate spoken by some 50,000_60,000 people in the Hunza, Nagir, Yasin, and some parts of Gilgit valleys in northern Pakistan. ...
Hunza is the northernmost part of a region known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan. ...
Gilgit is a region in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, bordering the Chinese region of Xinjiang. ...
Shina is a Dardic Language spoken by 321,000 people in Gilgit in Northern Pakistan in Ishkoman and Yasin Valley and in parts of Hunza. ...
Gilgit is a region in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, bordering the Chinese region of Xinjiang. ...
Balti is a language formerly spoken in Baltistan, in what is now part of the Northern Areas of Pakistan. ...
Baltistan is a region in the far north of Kashmir, bordering the Chinese region of Xinjiang. ...
Urdu(اردو) is an Indo-European language which originated in India, most likely in the vicinity of Delhi, from whence it spread to the rest of the subcontinent. ...
Lingua franca, literally Frankish language in Italian, was originally a mixed language consisting largely of Italian plus a vocabulary drawn from Turkish, Persian, French, Greek and Arabic and used for communication throughout the Middle East. ...
Population The population is estimated to be about 1.1 million.
Origins The southern route of the ancient Silk road passes through the area, travelled by merchants from many far-off places. Some may have stopped here and inter-married with the locals. It had long been speculated that the relatively fair-skinned and, in places, light-haired people of the area were descendants of the Greeks who, beginning with the soldiers of Alexander the Great, and continuing in the Greco-Buddhist period, settled in the region (see Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek). However, recent DNA analyses have failed to find any evidence of Greek ancestry. It is now thought that much of the population is descended from the Tocharian-speaking Yuezhi people of the Tarim basin, who came to rule ancient Pakistan during the Kushan era. The Silk Road (Traditional Chinese: 絲綢之路; Simplified Chinese: ä¸ç»¸ä¹‹è·¯; pinyin: sÄ« chóu zhÄ« lù, Persian راه ابریشم Râh-e Abrisham) was an interconnected series of routes through Southern Asia traversed by caravan and ocean vessel, and connecting Changan (todays Xian), China, with Antioch, Syria, as well as other points. ...
Alexander the Great fighting the Persian king Darius (Pompeii mosaic, from a 3rd century BC original Greek painting, now lost). ...
Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelled Græco-Buddhism, is the cultural syncretism between the culture of Classical Greece and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 800 years in Central Asia in the area corresponding to modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan, between the 4th century BCE and the 5th...
Approximate extent of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom circa 220 BCE. The Greco-Bactrians were a dynasty of Greek kings who controlled Bactria and Sogdiana, an area comprising todays northern Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia, the easternmost area of the Hellenistic world, from 250 to 125 BCE. Their expansion...
Maximum extent of Indo-Greek territory circa 175 BCE. The Indo-Greeks (or sometimes Greco-Indians) designate a series of Greek kings, who invaded and controlled parts of northwest and northern India from 180 BCE to around 10 BCE. They are the continuation of the Greco-Bactrian dynasty of Greek...
Tocharian refers to an Indo-European culture that inhabited the Tarim basin in what is now Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwestern Peoples Republic of China. ...
The migrations of the Yuezhi through Central Asia, from around 176 to 30 BCE. Yuezhi (Chinese:月æ°, also 月支, Wade-Giles: Yüeh-Chih) or Da Yuezhi (Chinese:大月æ°, also 大月支, Great Yuezhi) is the Chinese name for an ancient Central Asian people. ...
Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin. ...
Boundary of the Kushan empire, c. ...
Prominent people of the area Lalak Jan (1967–1999) is officially known as Havaldaar Lalak Jan Shaheed Nishan-e-Haider. ...
Nazir Sabir was born in Ramanji a small hemlet in Chiporsun, upper Hunza known as Gojal. ...
Dr. Allamah Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai (b. ...
Dr. Faquir Muhammad Hunzai is a famous religious scholar, writer, translater, researcher, and man of letters of the Northern Areas of Pakistan. ...
Mir Muhammad Jamal Khan (1912-76) was the last ruler or Mir of Hunza of the former princely state, known as Hunza. ...
F. M. Khan (1930-2002) was born in Bargu, a small village in the district Ghizer, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. ...
Abdul Hamid Khan is chairman of the Balawaristan National Front (BNF), a nationalist political party of Gilgit-Baltistan, the Northern Areas of Pakistan. ...
Italic textHUNZA Hunza is considered to be the greatest mounatin civilization. ...
Farman Ali, known as Farman Sab, is a senior journalist, editor and has remained a political worker as well. ...
Izhar Hunzai is a Pakistani social organizer and general manager of a leading NGO, the AKRSP in the country and wored out of country on differen posts. ...
See also The Northern Light Infantry (NLI) is the main force protecting the strategically important Northern Areas of Pakistan and the majority of this Regement contains the native Gilgitis, Baltis, Brushos, Wakhis and Khuwars etc. ...
The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan between April and June 1999 in Kashmir. ...
The Karakoram Located in the mountainous region of Gilgit-Baltistan or the Northern Areas of Pakistan, the Karakoram is one of the great Himalayan mountain ranges, with many of the highest and most daunting peaks of the world. ...
The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is the highest international road in the world. ...
The amazon (Sindh darya), known as Sindhu to Indians and in Sanskrit, as Sinthos in Greek, and Sindus in Latin, is the principal river of Pakistan. ...
External links
Media references The Times of India ran a three-part series in 2002, 'Inside the Northern Areas' by Siddharth Varadarajan, the first Indian correspondent to visit the region:
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