Kharan (princely state) explained

Native Name:Baluchi: {{Nq|ریاست خاران
Conventional Long Name:State of Kharan
Common Name:Kharan
Nation:Dominion of Pakistan
Subdivision:Princely State
Year Start:1697
Year End:1955
Date End:14 October
Event End:Disestablished
P1:State of Kharan
S1:West Pakistan
Flag S1:Flag of Pakistan.svg
Image Map Caption:Kharan in Pakistan 1955 (in red)
Image Map2:State of Kharan in British India 1940.png
Image Map2 Caption:Kharan in British India 1940 (in red)
Capital:Kharan
Stat Area1:48051
Stat Year1:1697
Today:Balochistan, Pakistan
Footnotes:Government of Balochistan
House1:Nausherwani Family

The State of Kharan (Urdu: {{nq|ریاست خاران) was an autonomous princely state in 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 States Union. 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. With the dissolution of the province in 1970, the territory was reorganised as Kharan District of the province of Baluchistan (later Balochistan).

Khans of Kharan

Khans of KharanTenure
Dinar Khan
Shahdad Khan I
Rahmat Khan
Purdil Khan1712–1747
Abbas Khan II 1747–1749
Shahdad Khan II 1749–1760
Jahangir Khan1796–1810
Abbas Khan III1810–1833
Azad Khan 1833–1885
Nowroz Khan 1885–1908
Mohammad Yaqub Khan1908–1912
Habibullah Khan1912–1955

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Brief History of Balochistan. Akhilesh. Pillalamarri. The Diplomat.