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Resting in the Raj
A network of Dak Bungalows & rest houses offered lodging to the ever-mobile British officials in colonial India
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Fishing for the Great Mahseer
Indian royalty and the British popularised fishing for the Mahseer, comparing the challenge to hunting a tiger
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Rediscovering the Buddhist Road
A historic track along the road from Mardan to Malakand, could serve as an excellent attraction if restored
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Forging Ranjit Singh’s guns
The pinnacle of this military achievement was the army’s extensive gunpowder arsenal
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Shangri-La in the ’50s
The writer sketches a picture of Hunza in 1954 based on recollections of a family visit to the Mir of Hunza
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The lighter side of war – Chamb 1971
The writer shares a series of events that occurred in the 26th Cavalry while it operated in Chamb during the 1971 War
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‘I was there at the Lahore Islamic Summit’
Present inability of Muslim governments to present a united stand against Israel’s brutalities against Palestinians
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Growing up in a tank regiment
The author recounts early experiences in the Pakistan Armored Corps that forged a lifelong infatuation
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The way it was done in Talagang
Known to be as brave as a lion, Subedar Major Mauladad Khan (1822-1890) was a fine old soldier with a noble war record
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‘Could inferno be worse?’
Between the Malayan Campaign & fall of Singapore, Japanese took thousands of servicemen from the Subcontinent captive