History of Baloch and Balochistan

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Chagai District

History

**Sanjrani Baloch ruled Chagai for more than four hundred years the history of Sanjrani is in the poetry of local singers of every era they ruled.The present chief of Chagai is Sardar Mir Taj Muhammad Khan Sanjrani Baloch II . Chagai District was created in 1896. Nushki was the only sub division of the district with two tehsils, Nushki and Dalbandin. Naukundi sub tehsil was upgraded to tehsil in 1950. Chagai district was attached to Kalat District in 1957 but was detached after two years. The Police Department is still under the Superintendent of Police, Kalat. Dalbandin Tehsil was upgraded to Sub-Division on 1 February 1978. Taftan was created as sub tehsil in 1981. Chagai sub-tehsil was created with effect from 1 October 1985. The Assistant Political Agent Nushki remained sub-Divisional Magistrate of Nushki Sub Division till September 1989 when an independent post of Additional Political Agent was created for the district. Very little is known about the ancient history of Chagai.1998 Pakistan conducted their first ever nuclear weapons test, under Nawaz Sharif premiership, at Ras Koh Hills Chagai District.

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Chagai District
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Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner’s Province)

**The Chief Commissioner’s Province of Baluchistan was a province of British India, and later Pakistan, located in the northern parts of the modern Balochistan province.
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History

**The province was originally formed over the period 1876–1891 by three treaties between Robert Sandeman and the Khan of Kalat . Sandeman became the Political Agent for the British-administered areas which were strategically located between British India and Afghanistan. A military base was established at Quetta which played a major part in the Second and Third
Afghan Wars.
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Demographics

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

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