One Unit of West Pakistan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/One_Unit_of_West_Pakistan

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:abolished	gptkb:Yahya_Khan 1970
gptkbp:area	approximately 796,096 km²
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Lahore
gptkbp:containsProvince	gptkb:Punjab gptkb:North-West_Frontier_Province Balochistan Sindh
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:dissolved	gptkb:Legal_Framework_Order,_1970
gptkbp:establishedIn	1955
gptkbp:governedBy	Governor of West Pakistan
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:Cold_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	One Unit of West Pakistan
gptkbp:includedPrincelyStates	gptkb:Bahawalpur gptkb:Kalat gptkb:Amb gptkb:Dir gptkb:Khairpur gptkb:Swat gptkb:Chitral
gptkbp:legislature	gptkb:West_Pakistan_Provincial_Assembly
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Urdu English
gptkbp:population	about 42 million (1961 census)
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:North-West_Frontier_Province gptkb:Punjab_Province gptkb:Sindh_Province Balochistan Chief Commissioner's Province
gptkbp:purpose	to merge the provinces and princely states of West Pakistan into a single province
gptkbp:reasonForFormation	to balance political power with East Pakistan
gptkbp:replacedBy	restoration of original provinces
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Kingdom_of_Bahawalpur gptkb:Khairpur_State
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7