Chief Commisoner's Province of British Baluchistan | |||||||||||
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Province of British India & Pakistan | |||||||||||
1876–1955 | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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.
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