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The Chief Commissioners Province of Baluchistan was a former province of British India located in the northern parts of modern Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)

Balochistan, or Baluchistan, is a Subdivisions of Pakistan in Pakistan, the largest in the country by geographical area; it is slightly smaller than Norway....
 province.

province was originally formed over the period 1876-1891 by three treaties between Robert Sandeman
Robert Groves Sandeman

Robert Groves Sandeman, Order of the Star of India , Colonial British Indian officer and administrator, was the son of General Robert Turnbull Sandeman, and was born on the 25th of February 1835....
 and the Khan of Kalat
State of Kalat

Kalat or Qalat was a princely state located in the centre of the modern province of Balochistan , Pakistan. The state capital was the town of Kalat ....
. Sandeman became the Political Agent for the British-administered areas which were strategically located between British India and Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
.






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The Chief Commissioners Province of Baluchistan was a former province of British India located in the northern parts of modern Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)

Balochistan, or Baluchistan, is a Subdivisions of Pakistan in Pakistan, the largest in the country by geographical area; it is slightly smaller than Norway....
 province.

History

The province was originally formed over the period 1876-1891 by three treaties between Robert Sandeman
Robert Groves Sandeman

Robert Groves Sandeman, Order of the Star of India , Colonial British Indian officer and administrator, was the son of General Robert Turnbull Sandeman, and was born on the 25th of February 1835....
 and the Khan of Kalat
State of Kalat

Kalat or Qalat was a princely state located in the centre of the modern province of Balochistan , Pakistan. The state capital was the town of Kalat ....
. Sandeman became the Political Agent for the British-administered areas which were strategically located between British India and Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
. A military base was established at Quetta
Quetta

Quetta is the largest city and the Subdivisions of Pakistan capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. It is an important marketing and communications centre for Pakistan with neighbouring Iran and Afghanistan....
 which played a major part in the Second and Third Afghan Wars.

The province became part of Pakistan in 1947 and continued to be administered by a Chief Commissioner. It was dissolved in 1955 when most parts of the western wing of Pakistan became the new province of West Pakistan
West Pakistan

West Pakistan was the popular and sometimes official name of the western wing of Pakistan until 1971, when the East Pakistan became independent as Bangladesh....
. When that province was dissolved in 1970, the former Chief Commissioners province was combined with the former Baluchistan States Union
Baluchistan States Union

The Baluchistan States Union existed between 3 October 1952 and 14 October 1955 in southwest Pakistan. It was formed by the states of Kalat , State of Kharan, State of Las Bela and State of Makran with the capital at the town of Kalat ....
 and the enclave of Gwadar
Gwadar

Gwadar is located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea. It is strategically located between three increasingly important regions: the oil-rich Middle East, heavily Human population South Asia and the Economics emerging and Natural resource-laden region of Central Asia....
 to form a new larger Balochistan Province
Balochistan (Pakistan)

Balochistan, or Baluchistan, is a Subdivisions of Pakistan in Pakistan, the largest in the country by geographical area; it is slightly smaller than Norway....
 with a Governor
Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the Executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed or elected politician who governs a constitutive state....
, a Chief Minister
Chief Minister

A Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a United Kingdom crown colony that has attained self-government....
 and a Provincial Assembly
Elections in Pakistan

At the national level, Pakistan elects a bicameral legislature, the Parliament of Pakistan, which consists of a directly-elected National Assembly of Pakistan and a Senate of Pakistan, whose members are chosen by elected provincial legislators....
.

Demographics

The population of the province was equally split between Pashtun tribes in the north and Baloch tribes in the south and west.

Government

The province was administered by a Chief Commissioner appointed by the Federal Government. Although there was no elected legislature the Chief Commissioner could consult the Shahi Jirga
Jirga

A jirga is a tribal assembly of elders which takes decisions by consensus, particularly among the Pashtun but also in other ethnic groups near them; they are most common in Afghanistan and among the Pashtun in Pakistan near its border with Afghanistan and are even held by Pashtuns in Kashmir valley, India....
, an assembly of tribal leaders.

The province comprised three groups of areas - the settled districts, the political agencies and the tribal area. The settled areas were mainly the district around Quetta and Jaffarabad. The agencies were the Zhob
Zhob

Zhob, the capital of Zhob District,is a small city in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Zhob is located on banks of Zhob River at 31?20'32N 69?26'55E and has an altitude of 1426m ....
 agency to the north of Quetta and the Chagai
Chagai District

Chagai is the largest Districts of Pakistan of Pakistan and is located on the north west corner of Balochistan , Pakistan. It forms a triangular border with Afghanistan and Iran....
 agency to the west, which had a tenuous land link with the rest of the province. The tribal areas were the Bugti
Bugti

Bugti, is a Baloch people tribe located in Balochistan . They are divided into four clans Rahijas, Kalpars,Marri-Bugtis, and Masuris they number about 200,000....
 and Marri
Kohlu District

Kohlu is a Districts of Pakistan of the Balochistan Subdivisions of Pakistan of Pakistan. It is bounded in the north by Loralai District, Dera Bugti District in the south, in the east Rojhan-Mazari and Sibi District in the west....
 tribal agencies which would later become Provincially Administered Tribal Areas
Provincially Administered Tribal Areas

The Provincially Administered Tribal Areas are administrative subdivisions in the Balochistan and North West Frontier Provinces of Pakistan....
 in the new Balochistan province
Balochistan (Pakistan)

Balochistan, or Baluchistan, is a Subdivisions of Pakistan in Pakistan, the largest in the country by geographical area; it is slightly smaller than Norway....
.

TenureChief Commissioner of Baluchistan
15 August 1947 - 3 October 1947Sir Geoffrey Prior
3 October 1947 - 8 April 1948Sir Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas
9 April 1948 - 18 January 1949Cecil Arthur Grant Savidge
19 January 1949 - 16 July 1949Sahibzada Mohammad Kursheed
16 July 1949 - 18 November 1952Mian Aminuddin
18 November 1952 - 13 February 1953Unknown
13 February 1953 - 8 November 1954Qurban Ali Khan
8 November 1954 - 19 July 1955Sardar Bahadur Khan
Sardar Bahadur Khan

Sardar Bahadur Khan was the 9th Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province. He was a brother of the President of Pakistan, General Ayub Khan....
19 July 1955 - 25 July 1955R.A.F. Hyride
26 July 1955 - 14 October 1955R.A.M. Shaker
14 October 1955Province abolished


See also

  • Balochistan province
    Balochistan (Pakistan)

    Balochistan, or Baluchistan, is a Subdivisions of Pakistan in Pakistan, the largest in the country by geographical area; it is slightly smaller than Norway....
  • Baluchistan States Union
    Baluchistan States Union

    The Baluchistan States Union existed between 3 October 1952 and 14 October 1955 in southwest Pakistan. It was formed by the states of Kalat , State of Kharan, State of Las Bela and State of Makran with the capital at the town of Kalat ....
  • Politics of Pakistan
    Politics of Pakistan

    Recently the Politics of Pakistan has taken place in the framework of a federal republic, where the system of government has at times been parliamentary, presidential, or semi-presidential system....
  • History of Pakistan
    History of Pakistan

    The history of Pakistan as a state began with independence from British India on 14 August 1947, although the region has been inhabited continuously for at least two million years; its ancient history includes some of the oldest settlements of South Asia and some of its major civilizations....
  • Robert Groves Sandeman
    Robert Groves Sandeman

    Robert Groves Sandeman, Order of the Star of India , Colonial British Indian officer and administrator, was the son of General Robert Turnbull Sandeman, and was born on the 25th of February 1835....


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