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Name: hunza

Type: Cluster

Start: 1201 AD

End: 1947 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Hunza State
  • Hunza State (Princely State)
  • Establishment


  • January 1201: Hunza was an independent principality for centuries. It was ruled by the Mirs of Hunza, who took the title of Thum.
  • Chronology


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    1. Partition of India


    Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.

  • August 1947: Accession to India. The Indian Independence Act came into being on 15 August.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1762: The Hunzai's were tributaries and allies to China, acknowledging China as suzerain since 1761.

  • January 1893: The Mir, Safdar Khan, fled to China and his younger brother Mir Mohammad Nazim Khan was installed by the British as Mir in September 1892. Hunza became a princely state in a subsidiary alliance with British India, a status it retained until 1947.

  • Disestablishment


  • August 1947: Accession to India. The Indian Independence Act came into being on 15 August.
  • Selected Sources


  • Indian independence Act. Retrieved on March, 24th 2024 on https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1947/30/pdfs/ukpga_19470030_en.pdf
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