Abstract
During the Great Game the British powers wanted to secure their colonial empire from foreign threats. This task was to make strong hold in North West Province and make it secure from Russian invasion. The robust resistance in the Afghanistan and Balochistan by the people, the British government got a serious concern, and adopted the noninterference policy towards the Balochistan. But her intensions were to capture this region to make protected their empire. To subdue the region and people of Balochistan they started the tendency of treaties with the Khan of Kalat. In order to achieve their colonial interest, they finally concluded the Treaty of 1876. The treaty of 1876 was the most significant treaty, with all the treaties that were done with the British government. With occurrence of this treaty the British authorities became a desolate ruler of Balochistan. The Khan of Kalat status became nominal, and the British establishments became the absolute rule of the Balochistan.
Dr. Mumtaz Baloch, Abdul Saeed 2, Muhammad Javed Sarparah, Chaker Hyder4. (2019) The Treaty of 1876: A Case Study of British Occupation of Balochistan , Balochistan Review, Volume 1, Issue 1.
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