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South Waziristan

Ladha

لدھا

A fortified post and subdivisional centre in the Mahsud tracts, repeatedly rebuilt and regarrisoned through the colonial period.

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Ladha

Gazetteer & History

Ladha served as one of the militia posts through which the administration maintained presence in the Mahsud country. Its garrison, water supply and road connections recur constantly in Political Agent correspondence, and the post was a fixed reference point in the operations of 1919–20. Later records show it functioning as a subdivisional headquarters, with a tehsil office, a hospital and a weekly bazaar.

Sources

  1. 1.Operations in Waziristan, 1919–1920Government of India Press
  2. 2.Political Agent South Waziristan, half-yearly reportsProvincial Archives, Peshawar