Gwadar remained under Oman’s rule for _____ years.
Gwadar remained under Oman’s rule for _____ years.
(A) 155
(B) 174
(C) 181
(D) 190
Gwadar belonged to Oman for exactly 174 years, starting from 1783 and ending in 1958. It was initially given to Sultan bin Ahmad, an exiled Omani prince, by Nasir Khan I of Kalat as a kind of allowance back in 1783. Fast forward to after Pakistan's independence, Prime Minister Feroz Khan Noon managed to get Gwadar back through negotiations. They bought it for around $3 million USD, which at that time equaled about 5.5 billion Pakistani rupees. Aga Khan IV contributed a significant chunk of this money. Oman officially handed over Gwadar to Pakistan on December 8, 1958, a date now celebrated every year as "Gwadar Day".