Which party was in power in North-West Frontier Province at the time of independence?

Which party was in power in North-West Frontier Province at the time of independence?

Government

Tenure	Chief Ministers of the North-West Frontier Province	Political party
10 November 1939 – 25 May 1943	Governor’s rule
25 May 1943 – 16 March 1945	Sardar Aurangzeb Khan	Muslim League
16 March 1945 – 22 August 1947	Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (2nd time)	Indian National Congress
14 August 1947	Independence of Pakistan

Who was responsible for the creation of new provinces called as the North-West Frontier Province?

The northwestern frontier areas were annexed to India by the British after the Second Sikh War (1848–49). The territories thenceforth formed a part of the Punjab until the province, then known as North-West Frontier Province, was created in 1901.

Where was the North-West Frontier in India?

The North-West Frontier (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was a region of the British Indian Empire.

How many states joined India after independence?

From 565 princely states and 17 provinces before partition, to 14 states and 6 Union Territories following the Reorganisation of States in 1956 to 29 states and 7 union territories in 2014, now after the bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir to 28 states and 9 Union Territories after it. 1.

What do you mean by North West Frontier Province?

North-West Frontier Province. noun. a province in N Pakistan between Afghanistan and Jammu and Kashmir: part of British India from 1901 until 1947; of strategic importance, esp for the Khyber Pass. Capital: Peshawar.

When did the province of NWFP was set up?

In 1901 NWFP(Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was declared as a Chief Commissioner Province and thirty-one years later in 1932 its status was raised to the Governor Province. In 1937, the Government of India Act 1935 was enforced in NWFP(Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and NWFP (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Legislative Assembly was formed.

What do you mean by North-West Frontier Province?

Which was the first Indian province in the invaders way from North West?

Second, the Hindu Kush are the traditional “gateway to India” for invaders from the north and west, such as Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan. The Khyber Pass is in what is today Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (formerly known as the North West Frontier Province) of Pakistan, near the city of Peshawar.

Which Indian state got late independence?

Apart from Hyderabad, there was one more state that had not acceded to the Indian union by August 15, 1947, the Gujarati state of Junagadh. Junagadh was the most important among the group of Kathiawar states.

How did the North-West Frontier became part of India?

The North-West Frontier (now a region of Pakistan) became part of British India in the aftermath of the Second Sikh War (1848-49). Following its victory in that conflict, the British East India Company annexed the Punjab.

When was the North West Frontier Province of Punjab formed?

The northwestern frontier areas were annexed to India by the British after the Second Sikh War (1848–49). The territories thenceforth formed 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.

Where is the western frontier of Pakistan located?

It remains the western frontier of present-day Pakistan, extending from the Pamir Knot in the north to the Koh-i-Malik Siah in the west, and separating the modern Pakistani frontier regions of North-West Frontier Province (renamed as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Balochistan from neighbouring Afghanistan in the west.

Which region of India was a difficult to conquer?

The North-West Frontier (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) region of the British Indian Empire was a difficult area to conquer in South Asia, strategically and militarily.