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[http://www.khyber.org/publications/ Online articles on the Province]<br>
[http://www.khyber.org/publications/ Online articles on the Province]<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North-West_Frontier_Province#British_era NWF Province - British Era] Wikipedia<br>[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/AfghanFrontier.JPG Rootsweb - North West Frontier Map]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North-West_Frontier_Province#British_era NWF Province - British Era] Wikipedia<br>[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/AfghanFrontier.JPG Rootsweb - North West Frontier Map]
 
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series. North -West Frontier Province''] 1908 Archive.org


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Revision as of 08:05, 29 April 2010

Map of the province

North West Frontier Province was created out of Punjab in 1901. It was part of the Bengal Presidency and it is now a province of Pakistan. In April 2010, the name of the province was official changed to Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa by passage of an amendment to the Constitution.


History

North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908


Capital


Districts

It consisted of five districts.


Cities/Towns

Regions


Princely States

The following princely states were located in the region and included into it after Partition.


Forts

For images see: Forts of the Frontier

Passes


External Links

Online articles on the Province
NWF Province - British Era Wikipedia
Rootsweb - North West Frontier Map

Historical books online