Khan of Kalat- The Story

Once upon a time of partition lived a king and a ruler of a great princely state known as Kalat. He was very happy and a very boisterous man. He lived as a Muslim and did what a great ruler should do and cared for his people as much as a king should treat his subjects. He remained steadfast in the time of partition and thought of the options he had. He could either side up with India, side up with Pakistan or become an independent state. Now India was on the other side of the Sindh province and Kalat would have no contact or dealing with it what so ever and besides, it was India ruled that option out of the question. The Khan of Kalat respected Jinnah as did Jinnah respect the Khan. After a few talks, accession of Kalat to Pakistan was decided and that was that. Kalat is a small region just south of Quetta making up for about 20% of the total Balochistan area but was still a princely state that gave the utmost importance to not let die off so Jinnah held talks with the Khan and peaceful accession was arranged. The outcome of the whole situation should have resolved then but unfortunately for both parties, it did not. Outraged by his elder brother’s decision, the younger brother of the Khan of Kalat “Abdul Karim khan” who sought out his own personal dream of getting an independent state for himself where he would rule above all rebelled. It was a fight to take control of his brothers lands as well as from Pakistani accession but his brother, the khan was against it and sought help from the Pakistani army to stop the rebellion inside. The younger brother of the khan could not mount such and imposing army as his followers were small in number and those who fought alongside him did not share his dream. When they saw that the Pakistani army had accumulated outside the borders of Kalat and were ready to aid the Khan to stop the rebellion, the uprising in the Kalat area came to a standstill without any sufficient bloodshed. The region turned into peace and all became happy with the accession and those under the younger brother accepted Kalat as a part of Pakistan. The younger brother himself “Abdul Karim was exiled to Afghanistan and therefor the issue was resolved. Thus Pakistan gained a valuable asset and the people of Kalat gained new brothers.