State of Khairpur | |||||||||
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Princely State of British India, later West Pakistan | |||||||||
c. 1853–1955 | |||||||||
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Location of the former princely state of Khairpur | |||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• | 15,730 km2 (6,070 sq mi) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | c. 1853 | ||||||||
• merged into West Pakistan | 30 September 1955 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Pakistan * Sindh | ||||||||
Local Government Department of Sindh |
The State of Khairpur (also transliterated as Khayrpur,[1] was a princely state of British India on the Indus River in northern Sindh, modern Pakistan, with its capital city at Khairpur.