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The 2009 Jamrud mosque bombing occurred on 27 March 2009, in Jamrud, Pakistan in the Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas during Friday prayers. The local police immediately claimed a casualty count of 48 while adding that the death toll could reach as high as 70. A hundred wounded were also taken to hospital.
Jamrud has a sex ratio of 109.72 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 63.94%: 78.52% for males and 48.03% for females. 17597 (31.14% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. [4] Pashto was the predominant language, spoken by 99.25% of the population.
The Battle of Jamrud was fought between the Emirate of Afghanistan under Emir Dost Mohammad Khan and the Sikh Empire under Maharaja Ranjit Singh on 30 April 1837. Afghan forces confronted the Sikh forces at Jamrud. The garrisoned army was able to hold off the Afghans till Sikh reinforcements arrived to relieve them. [6] [7] [8] [9]
The Battle of Jamrud was the foremost battle within the third Afghan–Sikh war. The result of the battle is disputed amongst historians. The result of the battle is disputed amongst historians. Some contend the failure of the Afghans to take the fort and the city of Peshawar or town of Jamrud as a victory for the Sikhs.
Battle of Jamrud (1837) Sikh Empire: Emirate of Afghanistan: Disputed [4] 1837 Poonch Revolt: Sikh Empire: Sudhans of Poonch: Sikh victory: Rebellion suppressed Baltistan Expedition (1840) Sikh Empire: Maqpon Dynasty: Sikh victory [5] Baltistan and Skardu annexed to the Sikh Empire First Anglo-Afghan War 1 October 1838 – October 1842 British ...
The August 2011 Khyber Agency bombing occurred on 19 August 2011 in Jamrud, Ghundai within the Khyber Agency of FATA, Pakistan.At least 48 people were reported to have died after a suicide bomber exploded his vest at a mosque during Friday prayers in the month of Ramadan when about 300 [2]-500 [1] people were praying; at least 40 others were also wounded.
Hari Singh Nalwa (29 April 1791 – 30 April 1837) was the commander-in-chief of the Sikh Khalsa Fauj, the army of the Sikh Empire.He is known for his role in the conquests of Kasur, Sialkot, Attock, Multan, Kashmir, Peshawar and Jamrud.
The Khyber Pass with the fortress of Ali Masjid in 1848 Afghan chiefs and a British political officer posed at Jamrud Fort at the mouth of the Khyber Pass in 1878 The British Indian Army's elephant battery of heavy artillery along the Khyber Pass at Campbellpur, 1895