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Event war South Asia

Indian Frontier Campaigns

1849 CE – 1898 CE

Decades of campaigns on the North-West Frontier pitted British Indian forces against fiercely independent Pashtun tribes, creating the volatile border region that remains contested to this day.

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Conflict · South Asia

Indian Frontier Campaigns

1849 CE – 1898 CE

Decades of campaigns on the North-West Frontier pitted British Indian forces against fiercely independent Pashtun tribes, creating the volatile border region that remains contested to this day.

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