North West Frontier Province
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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.
Contents
History
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
- Sketching the Afghan border - 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. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
- N W F Province Gazetteers Peshawar District Vol.a 1931. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
- An earlier publication: Gazetteer Of The Peshawar District 1897-98. A volume in the series Punjab District Gazetteers. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
- Report Of The North West Frontier Province Subjects Committee 1931 Archive.org