the north-western frontier

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• Government of the North-West Frontier Province — The Government of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) is in Peshawar, the provincial capital of the North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. It is one of four provinces of Pakistan, located on both banks of the river Indus. It stretches from the… …   Wikipedia

• North-West Frontier (military history) — The North West Frontier was the most difficult area, from a military point of view, of the former British India in the Indian sub continent. It remains the frontier of present day Pakistan, extending from the Pamir Knot in the north to the Koh i… …   Wikipedia

• North-East Frontier Agency — The North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) (formerly the North East Frontier Tracts) was one of the political divisions in British India and later the Republic of India till 1972, when it became the Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh. Its… …   Wikipedia

• North Western Railway Zone (India) — North Western Railway redirects here. For other uses, see North Western Railway (disambiguation). North Western Railway 11 North Western Railway Locale Rajasthan Dates of operation …   Wikipedia

• North-West Frontier Province — Pakistan infobox region = North West Frontier Province capital = Peshawar latd = 34.00 longd = 71.32 pop year = 2008 population = 20,215,000 (Estimate) density km2 = 259.6 area km2 = 74,521 languages = Pashto (official) Hindko Khowar Punjabi… …   Wikipedia

• North-West Frontier Province — /nawrth west , west / a province in Pakistan, bordering Punjab and Kashmir on the west: a former province of British India. 10,885,000; 28,773 sq. mi. (77,516 sq. km). Cap.: Peshawar. * * * ▪ province, Pakistan Introduction       northernmost… …   Universalium

• History of North-West Frontier Province — The North West Frontier Province is a province of Pakistan. It lies in a region where the Indian Subcontinent meets Central Asia and Afghanistan. [ [http://nwfp.gov.pk/AIS page.php?DistId=1 DeptId=1 LanId=1 pageName=NWFP History History of NWPF]… …   Wikipedia

• Frontier Corps — The Frontier Corps (FC) is a federal paramilitary force recruited mostly by people from the tribal areas and officered by officers from the Pakistan Army. The FC Stationed in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Balochistan Province, are… …   Wikipedia

• North Staffordshire Regiment — The North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales s) (64th and 98th) Regimental cap badge Active 1881–1959 …   Wikipedia

• Battle of the North Fork of the Red River — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of North Fork of Red River, 1872 partof=the Indian Wars caption=Cavalry Charge on the Southern Plains date=September 28, 1872 place= near McClellan Creek in Gray County, Texas result=Decisive U.S. victory …   Wikipedia

• Gibraltar of the North — This article is about the nickname as used to describe Luxembourg City. Less commonly, Sveaborg is known by the same epithet. The Gibraltar of the North ( fr. Gibraltar du Nord, de. Gibraltar des Nordens) is an historical nickname for Luxembourg… …   Wikipedia