Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)

Chief Commisoner's Province of British Baluchistan
Province of British India & Pakistan
1876–1955
Flag
Map of Baluchistan Province (red)
Capital	Quetta
Area
• 1901	139,396[1][2] km2 (53,821 sq mi)
• 1903	140,010 km2 (54,060 sq mi)
History
• Established	1876
• Quetta and surrounding districts placed under British administration	1879
• Administration of Pishin and Sibi tract assumed from Afghanistan	1879
• Bolan Pass tracts leased to British by Kalat	1883
• Zhob and country of Khetran tribes brought under British rule from Afghanistan	1890
• Chagai and West Sinjrani brought under British administration	1896
• Leased Nushki from Kalat	1899
• Leased Nasirabad from Kalat	1903
• Disestablished	1955
Preceded by Succeeded by Baluchis Baluchistan Agency Baluchistan

This article is part of the series
Former administrative units of Pakistan
Original provinces Baluchistan East Bengal Federal Capital Territory Federally Administered Tribal Areas North-West Frontier Province Sind West Punjab
Princely states Amb Bahawalpur Chitral Dir Hunza Kalat Khairpur Kharan Las Bela Makran Nagar Phulra Swat
One-unit provinces East Pakistan West Pakistan
Other subdivisions Gilgit Agency Trans-Karakoram Tract
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The Chief Commissioner's Province of British Baluchistan was a province of British India established in 1876. Upon the creation of Pakistan it acceded to the newly formed state. It was part of the Baluchistan Agency. It was dissolved to form a united province of West Pakistan in 1955 upon the creation of One Unit Scheme.