This article details the historical
The is a former province of
Pakistan which was established in 1901 and dissolved in 1955. The province covered an area of 70,709 km&
2 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 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
Baluchistan to the south. Afghanistan lay to the northwest with the tribal agencies forming a buffer zone.
The
Partition Of India in 1947 led to the North-West Frontier Province becoming 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 .
At Partition there was a Muslim majority in North-West Frontier with small minorities of Hindus and Sikhs who left for India during partition. The official language of the North-West Frontier was
Urdu but most of the population spoke
Pashto and
Hindko .
The offices of and '''Chief Minister''' of the North-West Frontier lasted until
14th October 1955 .
