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With the withdrawal of the British from the Indian subcontinent, in 1947, the Indian Independence Act provided that the hundreds of princely states which had existed alongside but outside British India were released from all their subsidiary alliances and other treaty obligations to the British, while at the same time the British withdrew from their treaty obligations to defend the states and ...
In 1952, the four princely states in the southwest formed the Baluchistan States Union. In 1955, the One Unit policy was launched by then- Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra , whereby all the provinces and princely states of the western wing were merged to form the provincial wing of West Pakistan , with Lahore serving as its provincial capital.
The princely states were also given only two choices, the choice to formally accede to the Dominion of Pakistan or Dominion of India, depending on their geographical location. These princely states were eventually abolished and integrated into the federation (see Former administrative units of Pakistan and Political integration of India).
Princely states of British India which acceded to Pakistan rather than India The main article for this category is Princely states of Pakistan . See also: Category:Princely states of India
Map of one unit of Pakistan in 1955. Simmering tensions between the eastern and western wings of Pakistan led to the One Unit policy announced by Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra. The states and provinces of the western wing merged in 1955 to become divisions of the new province of West Pakistan with the provincial capital at Lahore. At the ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Princely states of Pakistan (2 C, 25 P) Q. Quasi-princely estates of India (1 C, 19 P) S. Salute states (6 P)
UN map (1972) of Jammu and Kashmir showing the Karakoram Highway up to the Khunjerab Pass. Baltit (Karimabad) is the capital of Hunza. 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 ...
East Bengal / East Pakistan (1947–1971): Dacca; Federally Administered Tribal Areas (1947-2018): Miranshah/Parachinar; Federal Capital Territory (1947–1960): no specific capital but theoretically Saddar, Karachi; West Pakistan (1955–1970): Lahore; Princely states. Amb (princely state) (1947–1969): Amb