, conventional_long_name = State of Kharan
, common_name = Kharan
, nation =
Dominion of Pakistan
Between 14 August 1947 and 23 March 1956, Pakistan was an independent federal dominion in the Commonwealth of Nations, created by the passing of the Indian Independence Act 1947 by the British parliament, which also created the Dominion of I ...
, subdivision =
Princely State
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...
, era =
, year_start = 1697
, date_start =
, event_start =
, year_end = 1955
, date_end = 14 October
, event_end = Disestablished
, event1 =
, date_event1 =
, p1 = State of Kharan
, s1 = West Pakistan
, flag_p1 =
, flag_s1 = Flag of Pakistan.svg
, image_flag = Flag of the State of Kharan.svg
, image_coat =
, image_map = Kharan Map.gif
, image_map_caption = Map of Pakistan with Kharan highlighted
, capital =
Kharan
, stat_area1 = 48051
, stat_year1 = 1697
, stat_pop1 =
, today =
Balochistan, Pakistan
Balochistan (; bal, بلۏچستان; ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the least populated one. It shares land ...
, footnotes
Government of Balochistan, house1 =
Nausherwani Family
![Map of Baluchistan from The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1907-1909)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Map_of_Baluchistan_from_The_Imperial_Gazetteer_of_India_%281907-1909%29.jpg)
The State of Kharan ( ur, ) was an autonomous
princely state
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...
in
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
covering what is part of the present-day province of
Balochistan
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...
, in the southwest of Pakistan.
On 17 March 1948, Kharan acceded to Pakistan and on 3 October 1952 it joined the
Baluchistan States Union
The Baluchistan States Union or Balochistan States Union (BSU) was an administrative division of Pakistan that existed between 3 October 1952 and 14 October 1955 in the southwestern part of West Pakistan. It was formed by the four princely stat ...
. The state was dissolved on 14 October 1955 when most regions of the western wing of Pakistan were merged to form the province of
West Pakistan
West Pakistan ( ur, , translit=Mag̱ẖribī Pākistān, ; bn, পশ্চিম পাকিস্তান, translit=Pôścim Pakistan) was one of the two Provincial exclaves created during the One Unit Scheme in 1955 in Pakistan. It was d ...
. With the dissolution of the province in 1970, the territory was reorganised as
Kharan District
Kharan district ( bal, هاران/خاران; ur, ) is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 162,766, of which 84,631 were males and 78,135 females. Rural ...
of the province of
Baluchistan (later Balochistan).
See also
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Kharan District
Kharan district ( bal, هاران/خاران; ur, ) is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 162,766, of which 84,631 were males and 78,135 females. Rural ...
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Balochistan Province
Balochistan (; bal, بلۏچستان; ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the least populated one. It shares land ...
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Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
The Chief Commissioner's Province of Baluchistan ( ur, چیف کمشنر صوبہ بلوچستان) was a province of British Raj established in 1876 to 1947 and then as a province of the Dominion of Pakistan, when the Baluchistan Jirga voted ...
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Makran
Makran ( fa, مكران), mentioned in some sources as Mecran and Mokrān, is the coastal region of Baluchistan. It is a semi-desert coastal strip in Balochistan, in Pakistan and Iran, along the coast of the Gulf of Oman. It extends westwards, ...
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Las Bela
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Khanate of Kalat
The Khanate of Kalat ( bal, کلاتءِ ھانات) was a Baloch Khanate that existed from 1512 to 1955 in the centre of the modern-day province of Balochistan, Pakistan. Its rulers were Brahui speakers. Prior to that they were subjects of ...
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Baluchistan States Union
The Baluchistan States Union or Balochistan States Union (BSU) was an administrative division of Pakistan that existed between 3 October 1952 and 14 October 1955 in the southwestern part of West Pakistan. It was formed by the four princely stat ...
*
List of Indian Princely States
Before the Partition of India in 1947, about 584 princely states, also called "native states", existed in India, which were not fully and formally part of British India, the parts of the Indian subcontinent which had not been conquered or an ...
References
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Princely states of Pakistan
Princely states of India
States and territories established in 1697
States and territories disestablished in 1955
1697 establishments in India
1955 disestablishments in Pakistan