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The present province of '''Baluchistan''' (or Balochistan) in [[Pakistan]] was formed from various former provinces. This included the region that was formerly the Chief Commissioners Province of Baluchistan. This area was the British Indian province of Baluchistan, the capital of which was at [[Quetta]]. | The present province of '''Baluchistan''' (or Balochistan) in [[Pakistan]] was formed from various former provinces. This included the region that was formerly the Chief Commissioners Province of Baluchistan. This area was the British Indian province of Baluchistan, the capital of which was at [[Quetta]]. | ||
==History== | |||
==Cities/Towns== | |||
* [[Kalat]](Kelat) | |||
* [[Quetta]] | |||
* [[Pishin]] | |||
* [[Turbat]] | |||
==Princely States== | |||
The following princely states were located in the region and included into it when the province was formed. | |||
* [[Kalat State]] | |||
* [[State of Kharan|Kharan]] | |||
* [[State of Las Bela|Las Bela]] | |||
* [[State of Makran|Makran]] | |||
==Passes== | |||
* [[Bolan Pass]] | |||
==Books== | ==Books== | ||
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*''A Nursing Sister in Baluchistan'' by J M Morris (1932) [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ln2UOgAACAAJ No Preview Google Books]. Experiences at a mission hospital in [[Quetta]] from 1921. Available at the [[British Library]]. | *''A Nursing Sister in Baluchistan'' by J M Morris (1932) [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ln2UOgAACAAJ No Preview Google Books]. Experiences at a mission hospital in [[Quetta]] from 1921. Available at the [[British Library]]. | ||
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[[Category:Provinces]] | [[Category:Provinces]] | ||
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Revision as of 09:05, 28 October 2009
The present province of Baluchistan (or Balochistan) in Pakistan was formed from various former provinces. This included the region that was formerly the Chief Commissioners Province of Baluchistan. This area was the British Indian province of Baluchistan, the capital of which was at Quetta.
History
Cities/Towns
Princely States
The following princely states were located in the region and included into it when the province was formed.
Passes
Books
- Balochistan Bibliography, a catalogue of books, by Hameed Baloch
- Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde: accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries by Henry Pottinger (1816) Google Books
- Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the Northwest including Sinde Afghanistan Beloochistan The Punjab and the Neighbouring States by Edward Thornton (1844) Google Books Volume 1, A-K, Volume 2, L-Z Snippet View, Beloochistan page 82
- A Nursing Sister in Baluchistan by J M Morris (1932) No Preview Google Books. Experiences at a mission hospital in Quetta from 1921. Available at the British Library.