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Conflict South Asia

Indian Frontier Campaigns

1849 CE – 1898 CE · 49 years

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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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • British India
  • Pashtun tribes, Waziri tribes

Key moments

Defining events in the Indian Frontier Campaigns.

  1. 1863 Ambela Campaign
  2. 1895 Siege of Chitral
  3. 1897-1898 Tirah Campaign

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1849 CE and 1898 CE.

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