Oghi () is a town in
District Mansehra of the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
province of Pakistan. Situated in the
Agror Valley, it is the headquarters of the
eponymous tehsil.
History
During
British rule
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or Direct rule in India,
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it was the headquarters of the
Agror
The valley of Agror is located in the Hazara region of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of northern Pakistan. Its territory makes up Oghi Tehsil, an administrative unit of Mansehra District. The valley consists of three mountain glens, in length a ...
valley (part of Hazara District) and served as the headquarters of the Hazara border military police.
In British colonial times, the town of Oghi, in the Agror valley, was the seat of the local chief, the Khan of Agror, of the Pashton tribe, descended from one Akhund Saadudin. Following the disturbances by
The Black Mountain (Tor Ghar) Tribes Black Mountain (Tor Ghar), is located in Hazara division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Tor Ghar is Pushto word which means Tor (Black) Ghar (Mountain). It is also called Kala Dhaka, which means the same as its Pushto name; in Hind ...
and campaign of 1888 this chiefdom was formally abolished by the government of
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
; and subsequently, the chiefs were given a limited 'Jagir' grant in exile. In the post-independence era, this family has been represented in Pakistani politics by the late Khan Fakhar uz Zaman Khan, and then his wife Senator Mrs. Fauzia Fakhar uz Zaman,
and their son, Mr.
Wajih uz Zaman Khan, Advocate, who is an MP in the Provincial Assembly of
Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa.
References
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Union councils of Mansehra District
Populated places in Mansehra District