Peshawar Division

Peshawar Division (Urdu: دوسوں پشاور) is an administrative division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan,[1] the reforms of 2000 removed divisions - however in 2008 divisions were recreated. When Pakistan became independent from Britain in 1947, the North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955) was split into two divisions, Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar. Until 1976, Peshawar Division contained the districts of Hazara and Kohat, when they both became divisions themselves.

History

Peshawar Division was originally a district of the North-West Frontier Province of British India - this was between 1901 and 1947. [2] The district was administratively subdivided into five tehsils:[3]

  • Peshawar
  • Charsadda
  • Mardan
  • Swabi
  • Nowshera

After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the tehsil of Peshawar became the new district of Peshawar and the old district became a division.

References

  1. ↑ KP Divisions
  2. ↑ "Peshawār District – Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 111". Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Peshawār District – Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 117". Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
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