Gandamak
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History
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During the retreat from Kabul of General Elphinstone's army in 1842, a hill near Gandamak was the scene of the Battle of Gandamak, during which the last survivors of the force—twenty officers and forty-five British soldiers of the 44th East Essex Regiment—were killed,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". leaving only one survivor, an assistant surgeon named William Brydon.
Gandamak is also known for the Treaty of Gandamak, which was signed here on 26 May 1879, between His Highness Muhammad Yakub Khan, Amir of Afghanistan and its dependenciesScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Sir Louis Cavagnari of the British government's India Office, which marked the end of the first portion of the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
See also
Notes
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References
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- See [1] for photographs of modern Gandamak village and battlefield
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