Las Bela (princely state)

With capital Bela (hence also called Las Bela ) was a province of Las Kalat Khanate of Balochistan in the southeast. It was 1742 Jam Saheb Ali Khan I. de facto independent. The country had an area of ​​18,254 km ² and 76,000 inhabitants ( 1901).

After the British Pakistan and India had granted independence in 1947, Jam Saheb Ghulam Qader Khan ( 1937-1955 ) took place on 17 March 1948 following Pakistan. On 3 October 1952 he joined the Balochistan States Union, and the Principality was dissolved on 14 October 1955. Today the area is a district of Kalat Division of the Pakistani province of Balochistan and is officially written as one word Lasbela. Ghulam Qader Khan was in 1973/74 and 1985 to 1988 Chief Minister of Pakistan's Balochistan province.

1897-1907 chatted Las Bela its own postal service, which carried letters as a feeder for British-Indian mail between Bela and Karachi.

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