The North-West Frontier (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

The book covers a variety of topics about the Frontier (Khyber Pukhtunkhwa) such as: geography; three major theories of the origin of the Pukhtuns; occupation by the Britons (1849); pros and cons of the Durand Line Agreement (1893); uprising against the British (1897); formation of the province in 1901; constitutional developments; role of the Khudayi Khidmatgar Movement; 1947 referendum; administrative apparatus in the erstwhile tribal areas; political careers and educational services of Sahibzadah Abdul Qayyum and Abdul Ghaffar Khan. These various themes and issuesplaced in their geo-political, strategic, and historical contextspresent a comprehensive overview in this well-researched book.