What is Loharu State?
The [[Princely state]] of '''Loharu''', part of the [[Punjab States Agency]] was a [[9 Salute]] state,<ref>[http://royalark.net/India/salute.htm Royalark website: India: Salute States]</ref> during the [[British Raj]]. Its area was {{convert|222|sqmi|km2}}, and it was in the south-east corner of the undivided [[Punjab region|Punjab]]. After the [[Independence]] of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] in 1947, the state acceded into the [[India|Union of India]] and many of the ruling family and the city's Muslim inhabitants re-settled in [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]], though the [[Nawab]] and his direct descendants (except for the eldest daughter of Nawab Aminuddin Ahmed, Mahbano Begum who lives in [[Islamabad]]), stayed on, in India. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Pakistani princely states]] {{asia-stub}}