Southern Asia 100 years ago today: Third Anglo-Afghan War (11 Jun 1919) https://buff.ly/2R85dGm The unrest in India around the Amritsar massacre encouraged Afghanistan to assert itself against Britain. In May 1919 it invaded northern India, but was rapidly pushed back by the British. Nonetheless, in the ensuing peace treaty, Britain agreed to recognize Afghanistan as a fully independent state. #southernasia #history #welovehistory #welovemaps #map #1910s #20thcentury #modernhistory #1919 #afghanistan #britishempire #britishraj #afghanhistory #britishindia #angloafghanwar #afghanwar #june #june11 #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #cartography #ww100 #asianhistory #100yearsago (at Jalalabad, Afghanistan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byj9p1WgTyy/?igshid=3bjw2melzqvf
