GILGIT : THE NORTHERN GATE OF INDIA BY FIDA MOHAMMAD HUSSNAIN (HARDCOVER)

Fida Muhammad Hassnain’s Gilgit: The Northern Gate of India is a historical and political study of Gilgit and the surrounding northern areas of the former Jammu and Kashmir State. The first edition was published by Sterling Publishers in 1978; a later edition was published by Gulshan Books in 2017.

The book focuses particularly on the strategic importance of Gilgit, its history under the Dogra rulers, the growing involvement of the British, and the political and military developments that culminated in the events of 1947.