Cluster chitral state

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The Nation includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

Establishment

  • January 1699: During the last years of the seventeenth century, the ancestor of the Katoor Dynasty, overthrew the Mongol Dynasty.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Ranjit Singh

Expansion during the rule of Ranjit Singh in the Sikh Empire.

1.1. Afghan-Sikh Wars

Were a series of military conflicts between the Durrani Empire and the Sikh Empire that took place mainly in the Punjab region.

  • January 1779: The city of Multan reverted to Afghan rule under the suzerainty of Nawab Muzaffar Khan in 1778.

2. 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: In 1947 British India was partitioned and Chitral opted to accede to Pakistan. After accession, it gradually lost its autonomy, finally becoming an administrative district of Pakistan in 1969.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1886: The entire region that now forms the Chitral District was a fully independent monarchy until 1885, when the British negotiated a subsidiary alliance with its hereditary ruler.

Disestablishment

  • August 1947: In 1947 British India was partitioned and Chitral opted to accede to Pakistan. After accession, it gradually lost its autonomy, finally becoming an administrative district of Pakistan in 1969.