Hunza State (Princely State)

This article is about the specific polity Hunza State (Princely State) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a princely state in Pakistan. It covered territory now forming the northernmost part of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

Establishment

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.

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.