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Kharan
Kharan can refer to:
- Kharan, Pakistan, city in Balochistan.
- Kharan District, district of Balochistan, Pakistan
- Kharan (princely state), former princely state
- Kharan Desert
- The upper Halil River
- Haran, Azerbaijan
Kharan (princely state)
The State of Kharan ( Urdu: ریاست خاران) was an autonomous princely state in a subsidiary alliance with British India, until the departure of the British from the subcontinent in August 1947. it was fully independent, until March 1948, when its ruler signed an Instrument of Accession to Pakistan, retaining the state's internal self-government. In 1955 Kharan was incorporated into Pakistan.
The territory once covered by Kharan is today part of the province of Balochistan, in the southwest of Pakistan.