Frederick Wilson (Raja)

He obtained the rights to lands around Harsil from the local rule and was involved in cutting down trees in to supply the early railways in India with sleepers.

He deserted the army after the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-39) for reasons unknown and moved into the Bhagirathi valley, owning only a brown bess.

[2] The forest lease of the Taknore Pargana was also accompanied by an appointment as the Raja's agent to repopulate the area, which had been abandoned after Gurkha occupation, by getting Jad people from Kunawar to settle at Nelang valley in a place that was called Jadang.

[3] Here, Wilson cut down the forests of deodar and sal to meet the timber demand especially for sleepers in the growing railways in India.

The Bhotiya jad people who settled often brought Garhwal girls to work in homes and lived virtually under slavery.

His son Nathaniel, locally known as Nathu who took over control in the region took some women at gun point to his estate and began to shoot people who approached.

Jack Gibson found that his porters were gambling with counters that turned out to be Wilson rupee coins and collected a couple of them in 1938.