Oghi () is a town in District Mansehra of the

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...

province of Pakistan. Situated in the Agror Valley, it is the headquarters of the eponymous tehsil.

History

During

British rule The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or dire ...

it was the headquarters of Agror 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 Pashtun tribe, descended from one Akhund Saadudin. Following the disturbances by

The Black Mountain (Tor Ghar) Tribes The Black Mountain (Tor Ghar), is located in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Tor Ghar is a Pashto phrase which means Black (Tor) Mountain (Ghar). It is also called Kala Dhaka, which means the same thing as its Pu ...

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 in South Asia. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another ...

; and subsequently, the chiefs were given a limited 'Jagir' grant in exile."Hazara District Gazetteer, 1907", Pub by the Government of the NWFP, 1908, pp. 203-205

References

{{Mansehra-Union-Councils Union councils of Mansehra District Populated places in Mansehra District