Peshawar Division

Peshawar Division () is an administrative division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan,KP Divisions 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.  The district was administratively subdivided into five tehsils: 

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.

Related pages
 Hazara Division
 Kohat Division
 Peshawar District

 References 


Category:Divisions of British India