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43-556: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then North-West Frontier Province ) province Gazetteer , traveller Lowell Thomas and Peshawar's British commissioner Herbert Edwardes called it "the Piccadilly of Central Asia ". On 23 April 1930, British Indian Army troops opened fire on a crowd of anti-colonial protestors at the Qissa Khwani Bazaar, killing nearly 400 people. The colonial authorities ultimately acknowledged that

86-515: A much earlier date were noted in their relatively different cultural habits. "The high road, along which the Mohammedan conquerors and rulers of India passed and repassed lay through the north (the Khyber , Kurram and other routes); and it is probable that Islam never took so firm a hold of the inhabitants of the southern district as of the people to the north of them. In this connection it

129-549: A nearby mosque as well as set fire to several historic wooden buildings. On 4 March 2022, 63 people were killed and 196 others wounded in a suicide attack at a mosque during Jumma prayer . Kissa Khwani Bazaar is famous for Chai and Qehwa houses, and also because several famous Indian movie actors have origins and family ties in the region. Indian film actor Dilip Kumar was born in Qissa Khwani Bazaar on or about 11 December 1922. He belonged to Awan family. Actor Raj Kapoor and his uncle, actor Trilok Kapoor were also born in

172-573: A part of Punjab until the province, then known as North West Frontier Province, was created in 1901 from the north-western districts of the Punjab Province. This region, along with the 'Frontier Tribal Areas', acted as a buffer zone with Afghanistan. Before the Partition of India , the 1947 North-West Frontier Province referendum was held in July 1947 to decide the future of NWFP, in which

215-463: A separate administrative division where religious composition was not enumerated, except at small Trans-Frontier Posts in the region. Adherents of Islam who were indigenous to frontier regions that continued to have relatively large Hindu populations, and who were also relatively recent converts , were influenced by some traditions of Hinduism; in contrast, Muslims in frontier regions that had been further influenced by orthodox Islam and converted at

258-463: A vigorous struggle for life, but its ultimate destruction is, it is apprehended, inevitable without State support. Notwithstanding the Sikh Guru's powerful denunciation of Brahmans , secular Sikhs now rarely do anything without their assistance. Brahmans help them to be born, help them to wed , help them to die and help their souls after death to obtain a state of bliss. And Brahmans, with all

301-438: A working well . They habitually ride on donkeys and do a multitude of other things which an orthodox Hindu would shrink from. All idolatrous observances are kept very much in the background. Except a few small images (thakurs) kept in their mandirs they have no idols at all. Nor is it their habit to take their gods about in procession . No one, in fact, sees anything of their worship . They burn their dead , and throw

344-531: Is enough to notice that they had long been Mohammadan when they settled in their present homes, and that their fanaticism and intolerance, especially in the districts where they are strongest, rendered the Province no very inviting place of residence for settlers of a different creed. If no fanaticism in its inhabitants acted as a bar to the settlement of Hindus in Hazara , the absence of any large trade centres

387-675: Is interesting to notice that the Mussalman of the Derajat is less strict in his observance of the duties of his religion, such as fasts, prayers and the like, than his northern neighbours. Through Hazara lay the road by which the Emperors of Delhi went to and fro between the capital and their summer retreat in Kashmir , and it was natural that Islam should thoroughly permeate the district. Similarly Kohat , from its situation with regard to

430-505: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the former princely states of Amb , Chitral , Dir , Phulra and Swat . Its capital was the city of Peshawar , and the province was composed of six divisions ( Bannu , Dera Ismail Khan , Hazara , Kohat , Mardan , and Peshawar Division ; Malakand was later added as the seventh division). Until 1947, the province was bordered by five princely states to

473-603: The Islamabad Capital Territory or the Federally Administered Tribal Areas , which were counted at the same level as provinces, but in 2018, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas were subsumed into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and allocated to neighbouring divisions therein. Administrative divisions had formed an integral tier of government from colonial times. The Governor's provinces of British India were subdivided into divisions, which were themselves subdivided into districts. At independence in 1947,

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516-651: The Islamic Republic of Pakistan from 1970 to 2010. It was established on 9 November 1901 from the north-western districts of the British Punjab , during the British Raj . Following the referendum in 1947 to join either Pakistan or India , the province voted hugely in favour of joining Pakistan and it acceded accordingly on 14 August 1947. It was dissolved to form a unified province of West Pakistan in 1955 upon promulgation of One Unit Scheme and

559-574: The Kurram Valley , which at no very distant period was, nominally at least, a portion of the Afghan kingdom , has been more influenced in the past by its Mohammedan neighbours to the west than have the districts to the south of it. There is no need to consider here the probable date at which the bulk of the Pathans living in the Province, or rather their ancestors, were converted to Islam . It

602-835: The One Unit policy announced by Prime Minister Chaudhry Mohammad Ali . It was recreated after the dissolution of the One Unit system and lasted under its old nomenclature until April 2010, when it was renamed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The offices of Governor and Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province lasted until 14 October 1955. Historical population, language, and religious counts in North-West Frontier Province were enumerated in all districts ( Hazara , Mardan , Peshawar , Kohat , Bannu , and Dera Ismail Khan ), detailed in

645-492: The British Indian Army had killed 179 people in the massacre, which triggered protests across India and catapulted the newly formed Khudai Khidmatgar movement into prominence. In 2010, 25 people were killed in a bomb attack at a protest against electricity shortages. The market was again targeted by militants in 2013 , who used a 220 kg bomb to carry out an attack that killed over 40 people, and damaged

688-1038: The North–West Frontier Province in 1941. Religion in Urban North–West Frontier Province (1941) Religion in Urban North–West Frontier Province (1931) Religion in Urban North–West Frontier Province (1921) Divisions of Pakistan Azad Kashmir government Government of Gilgit-Baltistan Local government Constitution of Pakistan Territorial election commission Elections Provincial elections Territorial elections Political parties Provinces Autonomous region Customs Regional topics The four provinces, capital territory, and two autonomous territories of Pakistan are subdivided into 38 administrative "divisions", which are further subdivided into districts , tehsils , and finally union councils . These divisions were abolished in 2000, but restored in 2008. The divisions do not include

731-482: The area. Actor Shah Rukh Khan 's family still lives in the area. This article about Peshawar is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . North-West Frontier Province The North-West Frontier Province ( NWFP ; Pashto : شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ولایت , Urdu : شمال مغربی سرحدی صوبہ ) was a province of British India from 1901 to 1947, of the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955, and of

774-529: The ashes into the Indus . They always keep a few of the bones, and take them, when the opportunity offers, to the Ganges ... There are a good many dharamsalas , mandirs , and dawaras at Dera Ismail Khan and in the cis- Indus tehsils ." Lastly, decadal census reports throughout the colonial era frequently detailed the difficulty of differentiating adherents of Hinduism with adherents of Sikhism , owing to

817-621: The deftness of Roman Catholic missionaries in Protestant countries have partially succeeded in persuading the Sikhs to restore to their niches the images of Devi , the Queen of Heaven, and the Saints and gods of the ancient faith." Religion in North–West Frontier Province (1941) With rapid population growth occurring across all districts in the province, Mardan District was added to

860-444: The new nation of Pakistan comprised two wings – eastern and western, separated by India . Three of the provinces of Pakistan were subdivided into ten administrative divisions. The single province in the eastern wing, East Bengal , had four divisions – Chittagong , Dacca , Khulna and Rajshahi . The province of West Punjab had four divisions – Lahore , Multan , Rawalpindi and Sargodha . The North-West Frontier Province (as it

903-723: The north, the minor states of the Gilgit Agency to the northeast, the province of Punjab to the east and the province of Balochistan to the south. The Kingdom of Afghanistan lay to the northwest, with the Federally Administered Tribal Areas forming a buffer zone between the two. The northwestern frontier areas were annexed by the East India Company after the Second Sikh War (1848–49). The territories thenceforth formed

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946-412: The original six. The Baluchistan States Union became Kalat Division , while the former Baluchistan Chief Commissioner's Province became Quetta Division . Princely State of Khairpur and with some parts of Hyderabad division were joining to form Khairpur Division . The former princely state of Bahawalpur became Bahawalpur Division , therefore joining West Punjab. The Federal Capital Territory

989-530: The people of the province decided in favor of joining Pakistan. Chief Minister Dr Khan Sahib , along with his brother Bacha Khan and the Khudai Khidmatgars , boycotted the referendum, citing that it did not have the options of the NWFP becoming independent or joining Afghanistan. As a separate province, the NWFP lasted until 1955 when it was merged into the new province of West Pakistan , under

1032-614: The political split between the ruling PPP and the majority party in Sindh, the MQM and after the resignation of the MQM Governor of Sindh, PPP and the Govt. of Sindh decided to restore the commissioner system in the province. As a consequence, the five divisions of Sindh have been restored namely, Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas and Larkana with their respective districts. One new division

1075-482: The population, language, and religious tables above and below. Separate population counts were taken in the Agencies and Tribal Areas , as detailed on the respective article page. At independence, there was a clear Muslim Pashtun , Hindkowan , and Punjabi majority in the North-West Frontier Province, although there were also significant Hindu and Sikh Pashtun , Hindkowan , and Punjabi minorities scattered across

1118-569: The province. The languages of the North-West Frontier Province included Pashto, Hindko, Kohistani and others, although most of the population spoke either Pashto or Lahnda/Western Punjabi (primarily Hindko and Saraiki ). Prior to the arrival of the British, the official language , for governmental uses and such, was Persian . Religious counts below is for the entirety of NWFP ( Hazara , Mardan , Peshawar , Kohat , Bannu , and Dera Ismail Khan ). The Agencies and Tribal Areas constituted

1161-794: The system which flourishes in the United Provinces and other areas to the east. Even of the Derajat , where, as we have seen, the Hindu population is proportionately most numerous, the writer of the Dera Ismail Khan Gazetteer notes, "the Hindus of this district are less particular in the matter of caste prejudices and observances than down country Hindus. Most of them will drink water that has been carried in Mussaks (skins for carrying water) or out of lotas detached from

1204-553: The three divisions of Azad Kashmir , which form the second tier of government. In 2008, after the public elections, the new government decided to restore the divisions of all provinces. In Sindh after the lapse of the Local Governments Bodies term in 2010 the Divisional Commissioners system was to be restored. In July 2011, following excessive violence in the city of Karachi and after

1247-647: The traditional ability of the former in assimilating and integrating followers of varied thought into Hinduism. "The Sikh religion was born out of Hinduism , and fears have been expressed of its being reabsorbed into it. Truly wonderful is the strength and vitality of Hinduism. It is like the boa constrictor of the Indian forests; when a petty enemy appears to worry it, it winds round its opponent, crushes it in its folds, and finally causes it to disappear in its capacious interior. In this way, many centuries ago, Hinduism on its own ground disposed of Buddhism which

1290-542: The twenty administrative divisions should become new provinces in a federal structure with greater devolution of power, but this proposal was never implemented. In the recent past (i.e. in last three decades), Naseerabad Division was split from Sibi Division ; Zhob Division was split from Quetta Division ; Bannu Division was split from Dera Ismail Khan Division ; Mardan Division was split from Peshawar Division ; Larkana Division were split from Sukkur Division and Shaheed Benazirabad Division Mirpur Khas Division

1333-406: The various castes and tribes who were indigenous to the frontier regions had considerable Islamic influence, owing to their status as a religious minority in the region for centuries, and thus formed religious syncretism that incorporated aspects from both faiths into their cultures and traditions. " Hinduism , as it exists in the North-West Frontier Province, is but a pale reflection of

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1376-500: Was absorbed into West Pakistan in 1959 and in 1960 merged with the district of Las Bela to form the Karachi-Bela Division . In 1969, the princely states of Chitral , Dir and Swat were incorporated into West Pakistan as the division of Malakand with Saidu as the divisional headquarters. In 1975, Khairpur division abolished and replace it with Sukkur Division . In 1980, Sukkur division (Formally Khairpur division)

1419-511: Was added in Sindh, the Shaheed Benazirabad division. Karachi district has been de-merged into its 5 original constituent districts namely Karachi East , Karachi West , Karachi Central , Karachi South and Malir . Korangi has been upgraded to the status of a sixth district of Karachi by splitting from Karachi East District . Recently Keamari District is formed by bifurcating Karachi West District . These seven districts form

1462-405: Was added to Balochistan , by splitting off from Zhob Division . Recently on 17 August 2022 Gujrat Division was added to Punjab . On January 14, 2023, Mianwali Division was added to Punjab. In August 2000, local government reforms abolished the "Division" as an administrative tier and introduced a system of local government councils, with the first elections held in 2001. Following that there

1505-493: Was at least equally efficacious. The only other district in which there is a non-Pathan element in the population in any way commensurate to that of Hazara is Dera Ismail Khan . The population here is mainly composed of tribes of Indian origin. Its conversion to Islam is of much later data; fanaticism does not exist, and no particular dislike to the Hindu seems to have existed." Similarly, adherents of Hinduism who belonged to

1548-567: Was bifurcated to create Larkana division . In 1990, Mirpurkhas division created by bifurcation of Hyderabad division . In 2000, Government abolished division system in the Sindh Province . On 11 July 2011, Sindh government restored division in the province. When West Pakistan was dissolved, the divisions were regrouped into four new provinces. Gradually over the late 1970s, new divisions were formed; Hazara and Kohat divisions were split from Peshawar Division ; Gujranwala Division

1591-502: Was changed to Sukkur Division and Headquarters of Khairpur Division shifted from khairpur to Sukkur . Shaheed Benazirabad is also a new division in Sindh. During the military rule of General Zia-ul-Haq , the Advisory Council of Islamize Ideology (headed by Justice Tanzilur Rahman) was tasked with finding ways to Islamic the country. One of its recommendations was that the existing four provinces should be dissolved and

1634-411: Was formed from parts of Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions; Dera Ghazi Khan Division was split from Multan Division ; Faisalabad Division was split from Sargodha Division ; Sibi Division was formed from parts of Kalat and Quetta divisions; Lasbela District was transferred from Karachi Division to Kalat Division ; Makran Division split from Kalat Division . The name of Khairpur Division

1677-514: Was largely a Hindu reformation in this way in a prehistoric period it absorbed the religion of the Scythian invaders of Northern India ; in this way it has converted educated Islam in India into a semi- paganism ; and in this way it is disposing of the reformed and once hopeful religion of Baba Nanak . Hinduism has embraced Sikhism in its folds; the still comparatively young religion is making

1720-818: Was radical restructuring of the local government system to implement "the principle of subsidiarity , whereby all functions that can be effectively performed at the local level are transferred to that level". This meant devolution of many functions, to districts and tehsils, which were previously handled at the provincial and divisional levels. At abolition, there were twenty-six divisions in Pakistan proper – five in Sindh , six in Balochistan , seven in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and eight in Punjab . Abolition did not affect

1763-555: Was reestablished in 1970 . It was known by this name until 19 April 2010, when it was dissolved and redesignated as the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the passing of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan , by President Asif Ali Zardari . The province covered an area of 70,709 km (27,301 sq mi), including much of the current Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province but excluding

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1806-489: Was split from Hyderabad Division . Sahiwal Division was formed from parts of Lahore and Multan Divisions while Sheikhupura Division was formed from Lahore and Faisalabad Divisions . The capital of Kalat Division was moved from Kalat to Khuzdar . Rakhshan Division is recently added to Balochistan comprising parts of Quetta and Kalat Divisions with capital at Kharan . Recently in June 2021, Loralai Division

1849-468: Was then called) had two divisions – Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar . Most of the former Sind Province became Hyderabad Division . Most of the divisions were named after the divisional capitals, with some exceptions. From 1955 to 1970, the One Unit policy meant that there were only two provinces – East and West Pakistan . East Pakistan had the same divisions as East Bengal had previously, but West Pakistan gradually gained seven new divisions to add to

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