The state of Makran was established in the eighteenth century by native sardars of the Gichki Baloch family of Makran. It remained sovereign until 1948. On 17 March 1948, Makran acceded to Pakistan, and on 3 October 1952 it joined with Kalat, Kharan and Las Bela to form the Baluchistan States Union. The Statement of Mir Bai Khan Gichki, last ruler of the Princely State of Makran, on the accession to Pakistan: "We will never accept Kalat's hegemony and we declare our merging with newly born Muslim State of Pakistan."