The personal military journal of Late Brigadier Ghansar Singh Jamwal, the last Governor of Gilgit in 1947. A memoir that traces the chequered history of Gilgit from the mid-nineteenth century, followed by a factual record of his experiences during the Himalayan flashpoint at the crucial juncture when India just gained her independence. A meticulous chronicle of tumultuous events with a vantage view of multifarious political forces at play in Gilgit, that remai