NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE (HISTORICAL)

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The 'North-West Frontier Province' is a former province of Pakistan which was established in 1901 and dissolved in 1955. The province covered an area of 70,709 km² including much of the current North-West Frontier Province province but excluding the former princely states of Amb, Chitral, Dir, Phulra and Swat. The capital was the city of Peshawar and the province was composed of three divisions (Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan Division and Malakand. The province was bordered by five princely states, to the north, the Gilgit Agency to the northeast, the province of West Punjab to the east and Balochistan to the south. Afghanistan lay to the northwest with the tribal agencies forming a buffer zone.

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History

Demographics

Government

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History

After independence in 1947, North-West Frontier Province become part of the new nation of Pakistan. The province lasted until 1955 when it was merged into the new province of West Pakistan, under the One Unit policy announced by Prime Minister Chaudhry Mohammad Ali.

Demographics

At independence there was a Muslim majority in North-West Frontier with small minorities of Hindus and Sikhs who left for India. The official language of the North-West Frontier was Urdu but most of the population spoke Pashto and Hindko.

Government

The offices of 'Governor' and 'Chief Minister' of the North-West Frontier lasted until 14th October 1955.

Tenure	Governor of the North-West Frontier Province
14th August 1947 - 8th April 1948	Sir George Cunningham
8th April 1948 - 16th Jul 1949	Sir Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas
16th July 1949 - 14th January 1950	Sahibzada Mohammad Kursheed
14th January 1950 - 21st February 1950	Mohammad Ibrahim Khan (acting)
21st February 1950 - 23rd November 1951	Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar
24th November 1951 - 17th November 1954	Khwaja Shahabuddin
17th November 1954 - 14th October 1955	Qurban Ali Khan
14th October 1955	North-West Frontier Province dissolved

Tenure	Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province	Political Party
1st April 1937 - 7th September 1937	Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan	All-India Congress
7th September 1937 - 10th November 1939	Dr. Khan Sahib (1st time)	Indian National Congress
10th November 1939 - 25th May 1943	Governor's rule
25th May 1943 - 16th March 1945	Sardar Aurangzeb Khan	Muslim League
16th March 1945 - 22nd August 1947	Dr. Khan Sahib (2nd time)	Indian National Congress
14th August 1947	Independence of Pakistan
23rd August 1947 - 23rd April 1953	Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan
23rd April 1953 - 18th July 1955	Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan
19th July 1955 - 14th October 1955	Sardar Bahadur Khan
14th October 1955	North-West Frontier Province dissolved

See also

★ North-West Frontier Province

★ Historical regions of Pakistan

★ Federally Administered Tribal Areas

★ Afghanistan

★ Pakistan

External links

★ Government of NWFP

★ Government of Pakistan