Mirza Hassan Khan (Urdu: مرزا حسن خان) was a Captain of the 6th Infantry of the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces based at Bunji in the Gilgit wazarat (now Astore district). In October 1947, Khan was sent with troops to assist the Dogra governor Ghansara Singh in Gilgit, who was apprehensive of the loyalties of the Gilgit Scouts based in Gilgit. Mirza Hassan Khan sided with Major William Brown of the Gilgit Scouts in overthrowing the governor.
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