History

Baltistan was a free country until it was involved by Dogras troops within the mid-19th century. Ruled continuously by Shiks and Dogras it got to be portion of the kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir in 1846, and remained beneath Dogra run the show after the defeat of the Shiks within the war of 1845 and 1846 against British troops. Afterward, in 1947, it was involved and attached by Pakistan, consolidating Islamabad’s domain over the locale after the primary Indo-Pakistani war for the control of Kashmir that taken after English decolonization.

The need of worldwide acknowledgment of the addition and the strife between these two atomic powers implies that the Balti have not delighted in their possess organization or protected rights until exceptionally as of late. In reality, until 2009 it was not recognized as an independent locale of Pakistan and it was with this lawful alter that they were allowed the proper to an independent government and parliament of their claim. What were already the Northern Zones are presently the Gilgit-Baltistan independent locale.

Gilgit is found inside the north eastern portion of Pakistan inside the northerly districts that have an autonomous status in Pakistan. These days this region is known as Gilgit-Baltistan, the capital of this region is Gilgit. India does not recognize this district as parcel of Pakistan and classifies it as being parcel of the Indian zone of Kashmir. This has given rise to one of the greatest clashes between these two countries. Gilgit is an antiquated city which has been an imperative trading post for centuries since of its circumstance on the silk course. These days the city contains a mass of more than 200,000. Gilgit is frequently utilized as an end over by travelers that are on their way to the Himalayans or the Karakoram Mountain amplify. Since Gilgit is arranged inside the locale of the border with China Chinese culture has cleared out its check inside the city