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Gilgit Agency
Gilgit-Baltistan or the Northern Areas of Pakistan was an occupied province of the Maharaja of Kashmir before November 1, 1947 and was known as the Gilgit Agency. After a revolt of the local people against the Kashmiri regime, Gilgit-Baltistan was liberated and Brigadier Ghansara Singh, the last Kashmiri governor in the provincial capital, Gilgit, was arrested. After running an independent government for only 15 days the people of Gilgit-Baltistan joined Pakistan. In history books Gilgit-Baltistan is also known as Baloristan or Dardistan.
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