Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)

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former administrative territorial entity province of British India

Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) was a colonial-era administrative region on the western frontier of British India, encompassing much of what is now southwestern Pakistan.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Balochistan	4
Balochistan (Pakistan)	3
Balochistan Province, Pakistan	2
Balochistan, Pakistan	2
Balochistan Province	1
Baluchistan	1
Baluchistan Agency	1
Baluchistan region	1
British Baluchistan	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative territorial entity ⓘ province of British India ⓘ
administrativeStatus	Chief Commissioner's Province ⓘ
borderedBy	Afghanistan ⓘ Iran ⓘ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ surface form: North-West Frontier Province Punjab ⓘ surface form: Punjab (British India) British Sind ⓘ surface form: Sind (British India)
capital	Quetta ⓘ
colonialAdministrationType	direct rule by Chief Commissioner ⓘ
contains	Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British Baluchistan Chagai ⓘ Kalat Agency ⓘ Loralai ⓘ Nasirabad ⓘ Pishin ⓘ Quetta ⓘ Quetta ⓘ surface form: Quetta-Pishin District Sibi ⓘ Zhob ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
dissolvedIn	1947 ⓘ
establishedBy	British colonial authorities ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Baloch people ⓘ Brahui people ⓘ Pashtuns ⓘ
event	Partition of India ⓘ
governmentType	colonial provincial administration ⓘ
historicalEra	British India ⓘ surface form: British colonial period
includedPoliticalAgencies	Kalat Agency ⓘ surface form: Baluchistan Agency
includedTribalAreas	tribal territories under indirect rule ⓘ
language	Balochi ⓘ Brahui people ⓘ surface form: Brahui Pashto ⓘ
locatedIn	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj South Asia ⓘ present-day Balochistan, Pakistan ⓘ present-day Pakistan ⓘ western frontier of British India ⓘ
mergedInto	Pakistan ⓘ surface form: Dominion of Pakistan
partOf	Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Baluchistan region British India ⓘ surface form: British Indian Empire
railwayConnection	Quetta–Chaman railway line ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
strategicImportance	frontier buffer zone ⓘ gateway to Afghanistan ⓘ
successor	Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Balochistan (Pakistan) Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Balochistan Province, Pakistan

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Sind → borderedBy → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baluchistan

Punjab → borderedBy → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balochistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → borders → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balochistan (Pakistan)

Sind → borders → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balochistan

Sindh → bordersProvince → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balochistan

Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → contains → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Baluchistan

Pakistan → hasProvince → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balochistan, Pakistan

British India → includedTerritory → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ

Chagai, Balochistan → locatedIn → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ

subject surface form: Chagai District

this entity surface form: Balochistan, Pakistan

Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → partOf → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baluchistan region

Chagai, Balochistan → partOf → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ

subject surface form: Chagai District

this entity surface form: Balochistan Province

Kalat Agency → partOf → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baluchistan Agency

Chagai, Balochistan → partOfCountrySubdivision → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ

subject surface form: Chagai District

this entity surface form: Balochistan Province, Pakistan

Balochi → region → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balochistan

Pashto language → spokenIn → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balochistan (Pakistan)

Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → successor → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balochistan (Pakistan)

Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → successor → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balochistan Province, Pakistan