The State of Kharan () was an autonomous princely state in British India covering what is part of the present-day province of Balochistan, in the southwest of Pakistan. Makran was located to its south.
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 KharanTenure Dinar Khan Shahdad Khan I Rahmat Khan Purdil Khan1712–1747 Abbas Khan II 1747–1749 Shahdad Khan II 1749–1760 Jahangir Khan1796–1810 Abbas Khan III1810–1833 Azad Khan 1833–1885 Nowroz Khan 1885–1908 Mohammad Yaqub Khan1908–1912 Habibullah Khan1912–1955
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
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