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78 unusual facts about Peshawar


1899 in Afghanistan

In consequence of repeated outrages committed by the Waziris, and especially because of the murder of Col. E.H. le Marchant of the Hampshire Regiment, the Indian government orders the partial disarmament of the Peshawar division, and of all trans-border Pashtuns at the frontier, and the disarmament of all persons without licenses in all municipalities and cantonments within the division.

1900 in Afghanistan

Only sixty-two camel loads leave Peshawar in the year compared with 2,285 during the previous year.

1904 in Afghanistan

The treatment is entirely successful, and the amir's pleasure at this is possibly helpful in paving the way for the despatch of the special mission under Louis Dane, the Indian foreign secretary, which leaves Peshawar on November 26 and reaches Kabul on December 12.

28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing

The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing occurred in Peshawar, Pakistan, when a car bomb was detonated in a Mina Bazar (Market for women and children) of the city.

Abdul Majid Khan Tarin

Apart from his support of the establishment of the Islamia College, Peshawar, and support to various Indian Muslim charities, he played a considerable role in the early development of his native Haripur area in Hazara, NWFP.

Abisares

Hazara (country), the Abisares of the Greeks;it forms the north-western district of the Peshawar division.It was conquered by Arjuna(Mahabharata,Sabha-Parva,Ch.27;JASD.

Agency Co-ordinating Body for Afghan Relief

The organization was originally based in Peshawar, Pakistan, where its main focus was coordinating NGOs' humanitarian response.

Ahmad Hasan Dani

Dani moved to the University of Peshawar in 1962 as Professor of Archaeology and remained there until 1971.

All Pakistan Music Conference

People from all walks of life, from all the big cities, Dhaka, Quetta, Karachi and Peshawar, and from towns and villages all over Pakistan attended the concerts in large numbers.

Americans in Pakistan

According to early statistics of 1999 based on registrations with the local American embassy and consulates, there are between 4,000 and 5,000 Americans in the country, with 2,100 in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi, about 1,250 in Lahore, 506 in Islamabad and 375 in Peshawar.

Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants, Spices and Other Natural Products

The First Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants and Species (ASOMPS I) was held in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1960 with the aim of strengthening regional research potential and improving infrastructures in the Asian region.

Attock

In 1001, he defeated Raja Jayapala of the Hindu Shahi Dynasty of Gandhara in the Battle of Peshawar and marched further into Peshawar and, in 1005, made it the center for his forces.

Battle of Gujrat

His aim was to recover the area around Peshawar, which had been conquered by Ranjit Singh early in the nineteenth century, but his support was half-hearted.

Buddhist mythology

It is a relatively broad mythology, as it was adopted and influenced by several diverse cultures such as Gandhara (Peshawar, Pakistan) which was the capital of Bactria.

Chand Bagh School

In March 2011 such tests were announced to take place in Karachi, Rahim Yar Khan, Quetta, Muzaffarabad, Gilgit, Sukkur and Peshawar, and also in Hyderabad in India.

Children Parliament Pakistan

The members are elected from different schools of Islamabad, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Mithi, Kohlu, Balakot, Karachi and Lahore etc.

Egyptian Islamic Jihad

In the mid-1980s, in Peshawar Pakistan, the militants reconstituted themselves as the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, "with very loose ties to their nominal imprisoned leader, Abbud al-Zumar".

Elizabeth Espinosa

She has traveled to Uganda and Rwanda where she interviewed child warriors, and to Pakistan to interview women about arranged marriages in Islamabad, Lahore, and Peshawar-an Al-Qaeda stronghold.

Etymology of Lahore

The termination "Awar" is a corruption of the Sanskrit word Awarna, meaning fort, and is affixed to many Indian place names, such as Sanawar, Bijawar, Peshawar.

First Mohmand Campaign

The Mohmands are a Pashtun tribe who inhabit the hilly country to the north-west of Peshawar, in the North-West Frontier Province of India, now Pakistan.

Forward Public School

Forward Public School is located in Phase 2, Hayatabad, Peshawar.

Geography of Pakistan

Among them are the Khojak Pass, about eighty kilometres northwest of Quetta in Balochistan; the Khyber Pass, forty kilometres west of Peshawar and leading to Kabul; and the Broghol Pass in the far north, providing access to the Wakhan Corridor.

Godfrey Meynell

His body is laid to rest at the Guides Chapel in Mardan, near Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province, where he and his wife were married.

Guides Infantry

The Corps of Guides was raised at Peshawar on 14 December 1846 by Lieutenant Harry Burnett Lumsden on the orders of Sir Henry Lawrence, the British Resident at Lahore, capital of the enfeebled Sikh Empire.

Hamid-ul-Haq

He holds a Bachelor in Civil Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar.

Harry Burnett Lumsden

The regiment was located at Mardan on the Peshawar border, and became one of the most famous in the Indian army.

Hasan Abdal

For this purpose, Military Wings were started in 1952 in Government College, Sahiwal, and Islamia College, Peshawar.

The college is located on the Rawalpindi/Peshawar road about 29 miles (48 km) from Rawalpindi/Islamabad, in natural surroundings near the junction of the National Highway and Grand Trunk Road.

Henry Collett

He was promoted colonel in 1884, made KCB in 1891, and from 1892 to 1893 he commanded the Peshawar district with the rank of major-general.

Henry Martyn Clark

Henry Martyn-Clark (Peshawar, c.1857 - Edinburgh, April 1916) was an Afghan-born adopted British medical missionary stationed in Amritsar in the late 19th century.

Henry Wylie Norman

On 14 April 1853, at Peshawar in India, Norman married Selina Eliza Davidson (d.1862) by whom he had three daughters.

Hindu period in Lahore

In 682 AD, according to Ferishta, the Afghans of Kerman and Peshawar, who had, even at that early period, embraced the religion of the Prophet, wrested certain possession from the Hindu prince.

Hinduism in Punjab

Peshawar(Purushapur), North West Frontier Province: Capital of Kanishka, the Kushan ruler and the site of the tallest stupa in Jambudvipa.

History of Lahore

In 682 AD, according to Ferishta, the Afghans of Kerman and Peshawar, who had, even at that early period, embraced the Islam, wrested certain possessions from the Hindu prince.

Ilm-e-Khshnoom

In 1875, an eighteen-year old Parsi named Behramshah Nowroji Shroff left Surat (Gujarat, India) for Peshawar (now in Pakistan) in search of employment.

Indus Highway

The Indus Highway, also known by its technical designation N-55, is a 1,264 km long four-lane highway that runs along the Indus River in Pakistan connecting the port city of Karachi with the northwestern city of Peshawar via D.G.Khan.

Jagdev Chandra

Was born in Peshawar, to a Punjabi family of repute, father a doctor and brother, the popular politician and Gandhian Jag Pravesh Chandra.

Jan Goodwin

In a break from journalism, Goodwin started and ran Save the Children's Peshawar-based multimillion dollar humanitarian program in war-torn Afghanistan for four years.

Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries

A community of Bukharan Jews was also found in the city of Peshawar, where many buildings in the old city feature a Star of David as exterior decor as a sign of the Hebrew origins of its owners.

Josh Malsiyani

He was born in a poor family in the Aquilpur locality of Malsian, a small town near Jalandhar which town was the domain of Bedi Family till Sir Kalim Singh Bedi’s migration to Rawalpindi in the 19th century A.D. Josh’s father, who mostly lived in Peshawar, was an illiterate small-trader.

June 2009 in Pakistan

:An explosion kills 11 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Khost University

It was shifted from its previous temporary location in Peshawar, Pakistan, where it was named "Afghan University Peshawar" by special order of President Hamid Karzai.

KLP road

The KLP road (Karachi-Lahore-Peshawar Road) is the longest highway in Pakistan between Karachi to Lahore to Rawalpindi and Islamabad to Peshawar.

Kristian Berg Harpviken

Between studies, Harpviken has served as agricultural coordinator and director for the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee in Peshawar, Pakistan (1990–92).

M. Qasim Jan

From 1997 to 2000, he worked as Vice Chancellor, University of Peshawar, and July 1, 2001 to December 2003, as founder Vice Chancellor of the Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar.

Presently, he is Professor Emeritus in the National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar.

Mahan Singh Mirpuri

He was conferred by Maharaja Ranjit Singh the title of Raja for his conquests of Haripur, Nowshehra and Peshawar.

Mamnoon Maqsoodi

Before completing his final year, the war against the communist regime intensified and he had to migrate to Peshawar, Pakistan.

Mankera

The nearest airport to Mankera is Dera Ismail Khan – travellers used to be able to catch a flight either Islamabad or Peshawar to this city and then onto Mankera.

Mavroleon family

A professional journalist, he died in Peshawar while on assignment for CBS reporting on Operation Infinite Reach.

Mirza Ghulam Murtaza

In 1843, he was the commander of an infantry regiment which was sent to Peshawar.

Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi

Most of these leaders congregated in Peshawar and tried to make contact with the leadership of two already established organization Hezb-e Islami and Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan which they had heard of prior to their arrival because of the their declaration of jihad and clandestine distribution of publications critical of President Daud.

National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

It became the first multi-campus university of Pakistan with campuses in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and Lahore.

Later on campuses were set up in the capital city of Pakistan (Islamabad), Peshawar and Faisalabad also.

The National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES or FAST-NU) with headquarters at Islamabad and campuses at Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Faisalabad is one of the leading technical universities in Pakistan.

Peshawar campus was founded in 2001 and today it covers an area of 4 acres.

Paktia University

Aryana University was a private higher education institute for the Afghan refuges based in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Parachute Training School

Parachute Training School (Pakistan Army), Pakistan Army's Para Training School located at Peshawar

Pontia daplidice

In Central Asia, the Bath White ranges from Baluchistan, Peshawar, Chitral, Kashmir and along the Himalayas right across the Central Himalayas up to Darjeeling.

Punjab Mail

Then known as The Punjab Limited, the train initially ran from Ballard Pier to Peshawar, taking British officers, civil servants, and their families directly from their ships to Delhi and the North-West frontier of British India.

Punjabi Qisse

To date, places like the Qissa Khawani Bazaar (Market of Story-tellers) in Peshawar, Pakistan are thronged by people who visit them to hear oral recitations of qisse sung by renowned performers.

Qadian

In 1834, during the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the region consisting of Qadian and five other adjoining villages were given to Mirza Ghulam Murtaza, father of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad inturn for Military support in Military support in Kashmir, Mahadi, Kulu valley, Peshawar and Hazara.

Qarie Marshall

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Marshall moved with his family to the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan where he was raised in the city of Peshawar until the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war.

Relief International UK

Relief International runs a ‘Livestock for Life’ project in five districts of Peshawar, Afghanistan to prevent Zoonotic diseases.

Saeedullah Khan

In 1951, he flew his Hawker Sea Fury as part of the first aerobatic team, the Red Dragons, in the Indian Subcontinent, which was involved in the farewell ceremonies of the Commander-in-Chief, AVM R. L. R. Atcherely in Peshawar.

Salt March

In Peshawar, satyagraha was led by a Muslim Pashto disciple of Gandhi, Ghaffar Khan, who had trained 50,000 nonviolent activists called Khudai Khidmatgar.

Seminary of the Southwest

SSW has developed a relationship with the Diocese of Peshawar in Pakistan.

Solomon Molcho

When the Jewish adventurer David Reubeni came ostensibly on a political mission from Khaibar (Peshawar) to Portugal, Molcho wished to join him, but was rejected.

Stuart Poucher

His most notable achievement was the organization of the 2004 out-of-country elections for Afghan refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan, which included voter education followed by registration and voting for almost one million refugees from Afghanistan.

Syed Meesaq Rizvi

Rizvi came to the limelight when he earned a bronze medal in the 800 meters event at the National Athletics Championship in Peshawar in 1982.

The people vs. Kreuzer, Turnwald-Wacker, Müller

City University of Science & Information Technology, (CUSIT) Peshawar is one of the first private-sector universities, chartered by the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, recognized by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), permitted by the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC).

Thomas Patrick Hughes

Thomas Patrick Hughes, born 26 March 1838 in Henley Shrophsire, England, was a missionary with the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in Peshawar in British India (now Pakistan) for 20 years.

Tirah Campaign

Suddenly, however, the tribesmen rose, captured all the posts in the Khyber held by their own countrymen, and attacked the forts on the Samana Range near the city of Peshawar.

Transport in Lahore

In addition to the historic Grand Trunk Road (G.T. Road), motorways connecting all major cities (Islamabad, Multan, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, etc.) have been built.

Treaty of Amritsar, 1809

This enabled him to extract tribute from less powerful chieftains, including Jats and other Sikhs, and ultimately to gain control of areas such as Peshawar and Kashmir.

Truck art in Pakistan

Karachi is a major bedecking center for such trucks, though there are other hubs in Rawalpindi, Swat, Peshawar, Quetta and Lahore.

World's biggest cricket bat

Later on, the bat was sent around Pakistan, including the cities of Hyderabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Peshawar.

Zeeshan Anis Siddiqui

According to the Daily Times he was arrested when he went to a Police Station in Peshawar to report the loss of his passport.


Afghan Star

Afghan Star season two started in August 2006 with auditions in Kabul, Mazar, Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Peshawar.

Aryan Khan

He also became interested in performing in front of the camera, and began acting on PTV in Peshawar.

Benazir Bhutto University

Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, previously known as the Frontier Women University, in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Dasht-e Yahudi

The term was used by Persian and early Mughal historians for a stretch of territory that comprised the most Western parts of modern-day Peshawar, Charsadda, Malakand and Mardan districts where these border with Khyber Agency and Mohmand Agency.

Gāndhārī language

Scholars believe that the language featured elements from the languages native to the area (pre-Indo-European population) which are related to the Indo-Aryan family to which all prakrits belong, as well as Dardic and Iranian ethnic languages (i.e. Pashto) native to Peshawar.

Golden Temple Mail

The Frontier Mail also finds a place in romanticized biographies of film actor Prithviraj Kapoor who is believed to have travelled to Bombay from his hometown of Peshawar by the Frontier Mail in 1928 to act in films.

Gorkhatri

The Sikhs converted the site into the residence and official headquarters of their mercenary general Paolo Avitabile who was governor of Peshawar from 1838-1842.

Hamidullah Khan

On 5 September 1925 at Peshawar, Nawab Hamidullah Khan married Maimoona Sultan Shah Banu Begum Sahiba (1900–1982), the great-great-granddaughter of Shah Shuja of Afghanistan.

Karkhano Market

The Karkhano market, located in Peshawar, Pakistan, established in 1985 has more than 4,500 shops, owned by Pashtun traders.

Khan Abdul Ali Khan

Khan Abdul Ali Khan (20 August 1922 - 19 February 1997) was a Pakistani educationist, former Principal of Islamia College Peshawar, Fazle Haq College Mardan, Aitchison College, former Vice Chancellor of Peshawar University, Gomal University and former Education Secretary.

Khushal Khan Khattak

The Khattak tribe of Khushal Khan now mostly lives in areas of Karak, Kohat, Nowshera, Akora Khattak, Cherat, Peshawar, Mardan and in other parts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Motasim Billah Mazhabi

According to a profile from the Pajhwok Afghan News Mutasimbillah worked on behalf of Afghans and Afghan expatriates, helping to found a school and a clinic for refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan, and a clinic in Paktia Province.

Mujawar Ahmad Ziar

From 1994 to 1996, he taught as a visiting professor at the University of Peshawar, Peshawar in Pashto Department.

Omer Tarin

Tarin was born in 1966 to the Tarin (or Tareen) family, or clan, of the Hazara region of the North-West Frontier (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), while his father was posted as a senior civil servant and administrator in Peshawar.

Orakzai

Due to limited resources and fertile land, many Orakzai have settled in Pakistan's major urban centres such as Hangu, Thall, Parachinar, Tirah, Peshawar, Attock, (Nowshera-Amangarh) Islamabad,Battagram-Allai, Wazirabad, Lahore, Abbottabad and Karachi.

Peshawar Mass Transit

Which will be initially constructed on one red line having length of 18.4 kilometer from Chamkani to Hayatabad area of Peshawar.

Peshawar Valley Field Force

Sir Samuel J. Browne (Overall Command of the Peshawar Valley Field Force)

Pir Piai

However, for major medical problems and specialized care patients are usually referred to hospitals in Nowshera and Peshawar.

Rahatullah Mohmand

Before playing for Afghanistan, he played cricket for various first-class teams like Habib Bank Limited, North West Frontier Province cricket team, North West Frontier Province Panthers, Peshawar, Peshawar Panthers, Redco Pakistan Ltd and Water and Power Development Authority.

Rafatullah Mohmandi born November 6, 1976 in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province is a Pakistani cricketer.

Syed Ahmad Barelvi

After Ranjit Singh's death in 1839 that the city of Peshawar came under the influence of Syed Ahmads movement.