Kharan (princely state)

State of Kharan
Balochi: ریاست خاران
Princely State of Dominion of Pakistan
1697–1955
Flag of Kharan
Flag

Kharan in Pakistan 1955 (in red)

Kharan in British India 1940 (in red)
CapitalKharan
Area 
• 1697
48,051 km2 (18,553 sq mi)
Legislature 
• Upper house
Nausherwani Family
History 
• Established
1697
• Disestablished
14 October 1955
Preceded by
Succeeded by
State of Kharan
West Pakistan
Today part ofBalochistan, Pakistan
Government of Balochistan
Map of the Baluchistan Agency.

The State of Kharan (Urdu: 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).

  1. ^ Pillalamarri, Akhilesh. "A Brief History of Balochistan". The Diplomat.