Dir (princely state)

Dir
دير
Princely state of British India and West Pakistan
c. 1800s–28 July 1969
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Dir (highlighted red) shown within the former exclave of West Pakistan
CapitalDir
Area 
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5,282 km2 (2,039 sq mi)
History 
• Established
c. 1800s
• Disestablished
28 July 1969
Today part ofPakistan
 · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Dir was a princely state in a subsidiary alliance with the British Raj, located within the North-West Frontier Province. Following the Partition of British India, Dir remained independent and unaligned until February 1948, when the Dominion of Pakistan accepted its accession.

The princely state ceased to exist as a distinct political entity in 1969, when it was fully incorporated into Pakistan. The territory it once covered is today located in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, forming two northern and southern districts called Upper Dir and Lower Dir, respectively.