NWFP (currently KP) was separated from Punjab by the British in:
A. 1900
B. 1901
C. 1902
D. 1903
Answer
Correct Answer: B. 1901
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On November 09, 1901, NWFP was separated from Punjab and was given the status of Chief Commissioner Province. This difficult task was made possible by the efforts of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, who had an immense knowledge about the area. The new province included districts like Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, and Dera Ismail Khan that were previously part of the province of Punjab, and five agencies of Malakand, Khyber, Khurrum, North Waziristan and South Waziristan, were merged into the new northwest Frontier Province of India. The formal inauguration was made by the Viceroy on April 26, 1902, at Peshawar.