Hunza (princely state)

Hunza هنزه (Persian) ریاست ہنزہ (Urdu) ہنزا (Burushaski)
c. 1200–1974
Flag Coat of arms
Status	Independent Kingdom (until 1892) Princely state of British India (1892–1947) Princely state of Pakistan (1947–1974)
Official languages	Persian (official court language until 1947)[1] Urdu (after 1947)
Demonym(s)	Hunzakutc
Government	Principality
Establishment	1200s
History
• Established	c. 1200
• Disestablished	24 September 1974
Area
• Total	11,660 km2 (4,500 sq mi)
Website http://hunzastate.org
Today part of	Pakistan

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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Hunza (Persian: هنزه, Urdu: ہنزہ), also known as Kanjut (Persian: کانجوت; Urdu: کنجوت), was a princely state in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan. Initially, it functioned as a principality and subsequently became a princely state under a subsidiary alliance with the British India starting in 1892 and continuing until August 1947. For a brief period of three months, it remained unaligned after gaining independence, and then from November 1947 until 1974, it retained its status as a princely state within Pakistan. The territory of Hunza now constitutes the northernmost part of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.^[2]

The princely state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south, the former princely state of Nagar to the east, Xinjiang, China, to the northeast and Afghanistan to the northwest. The state's capital was Baltit (also known as Karimabad). The princely state of Hunza is now the Hunza District in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan.