Kharan (princely state)
State of Kharan Princely State of Dominion of Pakistan | |||||||||
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1697–1955 | |||||||||
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Kharan in Pakistan 1955 (in red) | |||||||||
Kharan in British India 1940 (in red) | |||||||||
Capital | Kharan | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1697 | 48,051 km2 (18,553 sq mi) | ||||||||
Legislature | |||||||||
• Upper house | Nausherwani Family | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1697 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 14 October 1955 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Balochistan, Pakistan | ||||||||
Government of Balochistan |
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The State of Kharan (
British India covering what is part of the present-day province of Balochistan, in the southwest of Pakistan.[1]
On 17 March 1948, Kharan acceded to Pakistan and on 3 October 1952 it joined the
Baluchistan
(later Balochistan).
Khans of Kharan
Khans of Kharan | Tenure |
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Dinar Khan | |
Shahdad Khan I | |
Rahmat Khan | |
Purdil Khan | 1712–1747 |
Abbas Khan II | 1747–1749 |
Shahdad Khan II | 1749–1760 |
Jahangir Khan | 1796–1810 |
Abbas Khan III | 1810–1833 |
Azad Khan | 1833–1885 |
Nowroz Khan | 1885–1908 |
Mohammad Yaqub Khan | 1908–1912 |
Habibullah Khan | 1912–1955 |
See also
- Kharan District
- Balochistan Province
- Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
- Makran
- Las Bela
- Khanate of Kalat
- Baluchistan States Union
- List of Indian Princely States
References
- ^ Pillalamarri, Akhilesh. "A Brief History of Balochistan". The Diplomat.