Sultanate of India
Sultanate of India | |
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| 1952–1974 | |
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| Capital and largest city | Lahore |
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| Government | Federal elective monarchy under an oligarchy |
• Sultan | Murtaza Ali Shah |
| History | |
• Established | 1952 |
• Disestablished | 1974 |
The Sultanate of India (Bansi: سلطنت هند, Saltanat-i Hind) was a country in the western Indian subcontinent. It broke away from Jambu in 1952, establishing itself as an anti-national republican bulwark during the early phase of the Silent War. The pre-revolutionary noble Murtaza Ali Shah was head of state and monarch for the entirety of its existence, and a member of the Freedom and Fidelity Party, nominated by mostly Islamic oligarchy affiliated with the Hansvi movement, was elected prime minister. Weakened by internal revolts from liberal republicans, secularists, and regionalists, the Sultanate was forced to cede territory to its neighbors in 1967 and 1970. In 1974, after twenty-two years of existence, the Sultanate was abolished and replaced with the United Provinces of India.
