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n from the 17th century though far away from Oman it served as an important port for raiding the Arabian sea. After the British took over the region of Baluchistan the region of Gwadar was highly contested for sovereignty.</p><p id="890b">British Indian Government administrated the region on behalf of the Sultan of Oman and it still remained a small fishing village for the most part of 18th and 19th century. In 1927 Burmah oil company started exploring for oil in Gwadar which brought in the topic of ownership of Gwadar back to the table. The Sultan of Oman was least interested in a far-flung prostate of his kingdom as he also had many internal issues to look after. So the Sultan proposed to sell off Gwadar to British India</p><figure id="8a37"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*8NwGDmP72bf_1yhC"><figcaption>Proposed sale of Gwadar Source: <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/gwadar-sultan%E2%80%99s-possession">https://www.qdl.qa/en/gwadar-sultan%E2%80%99s-possession</a></figcaption></figure><h2 id="c732">Negotiations</h2><p id="8e21">The British started negotiating and found the sultan was ready to sell off Gwadar for financial assistance. As World War II broke out the negotiations stalled. After the war, the ownership topic came to discussion again but the administration remained in the hands-on Independent Indian Government for the most part.</p><p id="4994">The sultan contacted the Indian Government again in the 1970s to sell Gwadar, unfortunately, the Indian Government didn’t accept the offer so naturally Sultan of Oman offered Gwadar to Pakistan as Makran cost now is part of

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Baluchistan. Pakistan paid 3 million dollars for Gwadar. Pakistan started transforming Gwadar into a port of strategy with the help of China under One belt one road policy.</p><p id="3971">Gwadar port now stands as the only port of direct access to China in the Indian Ocean as even considered as the backbone of the One Belt One Road policy of China</p><p id="9bf6">Quickly realizing the mistake Indian Government is now building a port in Chabahar, Iran. This project is costing India more than 2 billion dollars. This port will prove to counter China in the region. If the Indian government would have accepted the Sultan of Oman offer I would have been of strategical advantage to India in all fronts</p><p id="a1f8">Primary Source : <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/gwadar-sultan%E2%80%99s-possession">https://www.qdl.qa/en/gwadar-sultan%E2%80%99s-possession</a></p><figure id="837e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*z3yHbv_ME_KrjXaw5sr2-g.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h2 id="89dd">Thanks for reading Writers Guild — A Penname publication</h2><p id="982b">Share your stories on <a href="http://manystories.com?penaid=5c9d9cd86b86e65745140bfa"><b>ManyStories.com</b></a> to reach more readers. <a href="http://pensignal.com?penaid=5c9d9cd86b86e65745140bfa"><b>Auto-tweet your stories on repeat</b></a> with Signal to increase engagement.</p><figure id="e362"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*843pidPZQqrNHEEhb5cYVA.png"><figcaption>If you enjoyed this story, please recommend 👏 and share to help others find it!</figcaption></figure></article></body>

Gwadar: India's Blunder and future of Pakistan

On 11 May 2019, a deadly terrorist attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel in Gwadar as a small hotel was condemned by the Chinese government as it was primarily targeting Chinese in the region. This begs a few questions.

1. What a five-star hotel is doing in a remote location in Pakistan 2. Why are Chinese working there

To answer these questions we need to go back in time. China’s one belt one road policy is taking the world by storm and has reached the shores of the European Union. With Italy joining the initiative there are few more countries in the One Belt One Road project. This project has already become a financial trap too many countries and they are simply giving away a portion of their territory on lease to China. This has happened to Pakistan, Srilanka, etc. For more information on that see my other article One Belt One Road What the Chinese learned from Victorian era British

Gwadar is a relatively small town close to the Oman Gulf acting as a deep dock harbor for Pakistan. It lies in the Makran coast of Baluchistan. Gwadar was under the reign of Sultan of Oman from the 17th century though far away from Oman it served as an important port for raiding the Arabian sea. After the British took over the region of Baluchistan the region of Gwadar was highly contested for sovereignty.

British Indian Government administrated the region on behalf of the Sultan of Oman and it still remained a small fishing village for the most part of 18th and 19th century. In 1927 Burmah oil company started exploring for oil in Gwadar which brought in the topic of ownership of Gwadar back to the table. The Sultan of Oman was least interested in a far-flung prostate of his kingdom as he also had many internal issues to look after. So the Sultan proposed to sell off Gwadar to British India

Negotiations

The British started negotiating and found the sultan was ready to sell off Gwadar for financial assistance. As World War II broke out the negotiations stalled. After the war, the ownership topic came to discussion again but the administration remained in the hands-on Independent Indian Government for the most part.

The sultan contacted the Indian Government again in the 1970s to sell Gwadar, unfortunately, the Indian Government didn’t accept the offer so naturally Sultan of Oman offered Gwadar to Pakistan as Makran cost now is part of Baluchistan. Pakistan paid 3 million dollars for Gwadar. Pakistan started transforming Gwadar into a port of strategy with the help of China under One belt one road policy.

Gwadar port now stands as the only port of direct access to China in the Indian Ocean as even considered as the backbone of the One Belt One Road policy of China

Quickly realizing the mistake Indian Government is now building a port in Chabahar, Iran. This project is costing India more than 2 billion dollars. This port will prove to counter China in the region. If the Indian government would have accepted the Sultan of Oman offer I would have been of strategical advantage to India in all fronts