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The Gilgit Agency （Urdu: گلگت ایجنسی） was an agency established by the British Indian Empire over the subsidiary states of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir at its northern periphery,
mainly with the objective of strengthening these territories against Russian encroachment.
The subsidiary states included Hunza, Nagar and other states in the present day districts of Gupis-Yasin, Ghizer, Darel, Tangir and Diamer.
The agency was based in the town of Gilgit, which was itself under the direct administration of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.
An Officer on Special Duty was established in 1877 in the town of Gilgit, upgraded to a permanent Political Agent in 1889.
In 1935, the Gilgit tehsil of the princely state was leased from the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, which also came under the administration of the Political Agent.
The Astore tehsil continued to be under the Maharaja's administration.
In July 1947, shortly before the independence of India and Pakistan, the Gilgit Leased Area was returned to the Maharaja.
However, the Gilgit Scouts rebelled on 1 November 1947 after the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India, and Pakistan took over the administration of the areas soon thereafter.
Under Pakistani administration, the Gilgit district, the Astore district as well as the subsidiary states were clubbed together under the name the "Gilgit Agency".
The unit remained in existence till about 1974, when the it was abolished by the Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and made part of Federally Administered Northern Areas （later renamed to "Gilgit-Baltistan"）.
India continues to claim the entire region of Gilgit-Baltistan as part of the former ...