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[[Image:Nwfp_map.jpg|thumb|200px|Map of the province]] | [[Image:Nwfp_map.jpg|thumb|200px|Map of the province]] | ||
Also seen as '''North-West Frontier Province''', '''Northwest Frontier Province''', '''N W F Province''' or '''NWFP'''. | |||
'''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 == | == History == | ||
[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns | [[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|North West Frontier Campaigns]] | ||
==Capital== | ==Capital== | ||
* [[Peshawar]] | * [[Peshawar]] | ||
==Districts== | ==Districts== | ||
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* [[Kohat District]] | * [[Kohat District]] | ||
* [[Peshawar District]] | * [[Peshawar District]] | ||
==Cities/Towns== | ==Cities/Towns== | ||
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* [[Bannu]]/[[Edwardesabad]] | * [[Bannu]]/[[Edwardesabad]] | ||
* [[Chakdara]] | * [[Chakdara]] | ||
* [[Charsadda]] | |||
* [[Cherat]] | |||
* [[Chitral]] | * [[Chitral]] | ||
* [[Dera Ismail Khan]] aka D. I. Khan | * [[Dera Ismail Khan]] aka D. I. Khan | ||
* [[Hangu]] | * [[Hangu]] | ||
* [[Haripur]] | |||
* [[Karak]] | |||
* [[Khanpur]] | * [[Khanpur]] | ||
* [[Kohat]] | * [[Kohat]] | ||
* [[Lakki Marwat]] | |||
* [[Mardan]] | * [[Mardan]] | ||
* [[Nowshera]] | * [[Nowshera]] | ||
* [[Peshawar]] | * [[Peshawar]] | ||
* [[Risalpur]] | |||
* [[Swabi]] | * [[Swabi]] | ||
* [[Tank]] | |||
==Regions== | ==Regions== | ||
* [[Hazara]] | * [[Hazara]] | ||
==Princely States== | ==Princely States== | ||
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* [[Chitral State]] | * [[Chitral State]] | ||
* [[Dir State]] | * [[Dir State]] | ||
* [[Phulra State]] (minor) | |||
* [[Swat State]] | * [[Swat State]] | ||
==Forts== | ==Forts== | ||
* [[Bala Hissar]] | * [[Bala Hissar]] | ||
* [[Chakdara Fort]] | * [[Chakdara Fort]] | ||
* [[Kohat Fort]] | |||
For images see: [http://www.khyber.org/pictures/fortsoffrontier.shtml Forts of the Frontier] | |||
==Passes== | ==Passes== | ||
* [[Lowari Pass]] | * [[Lowari Pass]] | ||
== External links == | |||
== External | *[http://www.khyber.org/publications/ Online articles on the Province] | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North-West_Frontier_Province#British_era NWF Province - British Era] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North-West_Frontier_Province#British_era NWF Province - British Era] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/AfghanFrontier.JPG Rootsweb - North West Frontier Map] | |||
*[https://kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/collection/sketching-the-afghan-border/ Sketching the Afghan Border] Watercolours and sketches of the North West Frontier Province, India, 1909-1913, by an unknown artist. King’s College London Collections: The Serving Soldier. | |||
===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 | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280096 ''Gazetteer of the Hazara District 1907'']. A volume in the series ''N W F Province Gazetteers''. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. | |||
*''A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of Punjab and North-West Frontier Province'' by H A Rose 1911-1919. Volumes 1 and 3 pdf downloads Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Volume 2 Archive.org. | |||
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1919-glossary-of-the-tribes-and-castes-of-north-west-frontier-provinces-vol-1-by-rose-reprint-s-pdf/ Volume 1] (1919 reprint); [https://archive.org/details/glossaryoftribes03rose Volume 2 A – K] 1911 ; [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1914-glossary-of-tribes-and-castes-of-punjab-and-north-west-frontier-province-vol-3-l-z-by-rose-s-pdf/ Volume 3 L – Z with appendices A -L] 1914. | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/provincialgeogra01holluoft ''The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir''] by Sir James Douie 1916 Archive.org. A volume in the series ''Provincial Geographies of India '' | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280933 ''N W F Province Gazetteers Peshawar District Vol.a 1931'']. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. | |||
** An earlier publication: [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35247 ''Gazetteer Of The Peshawar District 1897-98'']. A volume in the series ''Punjab District Gazetteers''. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/reportofthenorth029555mbp ''Report of the North West Frontier Province Subjects Committee 1931''] Archive.org | |||
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1942-handbook-to-the-north-west-frontier-including-jhelum-rawalpindi-and-hazara-districts-by-davey-s-pdf/ '' A Handbook to the North-West Frontier including Jhelum Rawalpindi and Hazara Districts''] by Cyril James Davey 1942. Pdf download Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209758 ''The Great Wall of India''] by Ian Hay [John Hay Beith] 1933. Archive.org. The author visited a friend at Chashmai Fort. This is probably a fictional name. The friend worked for an unnamed [[Frontier Corps]]. | |||
[[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
[[Category:Provinces]] | [[Category:Provinces]] | ||
[[Category:Pakistan]] | [[Category:Pakistan]] | ||
[[Category:Glossary]] | |||
Latest revision as of 06:30, 23 June 2020
Also seen as North-West Frontier Province, Northwest Frontier Province, N W F Province or NWFP.
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
Capital
Districts
It consisted of five districts.
Cities/Towns
- Abbottabad
- Bannu/Edwardesabad
- Chakdara
- Charsadda
- Cherat
- Chitral
- Dera Ismail Khan aka D. I. Khan
- Hangu
- Haripur
- Karak
- Khanpur
- Kohat
- Lakki Marwat
- Mardan
- Nowshera
- Peshawar
- Risalpur
- Swabi
- Tank
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
- Sketching the Afghan Border Watercolours and sketches of the North West Frontier Province, India, 1909-1913, by an unknown artist. King’s College London Collections: The Serving Soldier.
Historical books online
- Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series. North - West Frontier Province 1908 Archive.org
- Gazetteer of the Hazara District 1907. A volume in the series N W F Province Gazetteers. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
- A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of Punjab and North-West Frontier Province by H A Rose 1911-1919. Volumes 1 and 3 pdf downloads Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Volume 2 Archive.org.
- Volume 1 (1919 reprint); Volume 2 A – K 1911 ; Volume 3 L – Z with appendices A -L 1914.
- The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir by Sir James Douie 1916 Archive.org. A volume in the series Provincial Geographies of India
- N W F Province Gazetteers Peshawar District Vol.a 1931. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
- An earlier publication: Gazetteer Of The Peshawar District 1897-98. A volume in the series Punjab District Gazetteers. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
- Report of the North West Frontier Province Subjects Committee 1931 Archive.org
- A Handbook to the North-West Frontier including Jhelum Rawalpindi and Hazara Districts by Cyril James Davey 1942. Pdf download Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
- The Great Wall of India by Ian Hay [John Hay Beith] 1933. Archive.org. The author visited a friend at Chashmai Fort. This is probably a fictional name. The friend worked for an unnamed Frontier Corps.