North West Frontier Province

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Also seen as North-West Frontier Province, Northwest Frontier Province, N W F Province or NWFP.

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

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

Historical books online

Volume 1 (1919 reprint); Volume 2 A – K 1911 ; Volume 3 L – Z with appendices A -L 1914.