Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
| Baluchistan | |||||||||||
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| Former Province of British India & Pakistan | |||||||||||
| 1876–1955 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Quetta | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1901 | 139,396 km2 (53,821 sq mi) | ||||||||||
• 1903 | 140,010 km2 (54,060 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1876 | ||||||||||
• Quetta and surrounding districts placed under administration | 1879 | ||||||||||
• Administration of Pishin and Sibi tract assumed from Afghanistan | 1879 | ||||||||||
• Bolan Pass tracts leased to British Raj by Kalat | 1883 | ||||||||||
• Zhob and country of Khetran tribes brought under British Raj from Afghanistan | 1890 | ||||||||||
• Chagai and West Sinjrani brought under direct administration | 1896 | ||||||||||
• Leased Nushki from Kalat | 1899 | ||||||||||
• Leased Nasirabad from Kalat | 1903 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1955 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Pakistan Afghanistan | ||||||||||
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The Chief Commissioner's Province of Baluchistan was a province of British Raj 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.