Kharan (princely state)

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]

State of Kharan Balochi: ریاست خاران
Princely State of Dominion of Pakistan
1697–1955
Flag
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
Preceded by Succeeded by State of Kharan West Pakistan
Today part of	Balochistan, Pakistan
Government of Balochistan

Map of the Baluchistan Agency.

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 Kharan	Tenure
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