British abandoned red coats and adopted Khaki uniform for their soldiers because of the dusty hills of Pakhtunkhwa
British abandoned their traditional red coats and adopted Khaki uniform for their soldiers because of the dusty hills of Pakhtunkhwa. In 1848 a British officer Sir Harry Lumsden received an order to raise a special regiment to deal with Pashtun tribesmen of the frontier, as part of the Punjab Frontier Force Brigade. Harry Lumsden realized … Read more