Tangi Tehsil
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Tangi Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil
) of Charsadda District
in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan
.
, one of which form the headquarters - Tangi
.
Tangi was part of the old Charsadda Tehsil
(then part of Peshawar District
) later Tangi became a tehsil in its own right.
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
) of Charsadda District
Charsadda District
Charsadda is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan that contains the town of Charsadda. The town was part of the Peshawar ex-metropolitan region...
in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
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Administration
The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 12 Union CouncilsUnion Councils of Pakistan
A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...
, one of which form the headquarters - Tangi
Tangi, Pakistan
Tangi is a town and union council of Charsadda District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is one of eight towns in Hashtnagar and is located at 34°18'0N 71°39'14E with an altitude of 327 metres lying to the north-west of the district capital - Charsadda....
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History
During British ruleBritish Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
Tangi was part of the old Charsadda Tehsil
Charsadda Tehsil
Charsadda Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. -Administration:The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 34 Union Councils, four of which form the headquarters - Charsadda....
(then part of Peshawar District
Peshawar Division
Peshawar Division was an administrative division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan until the reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government. At independence in 1947, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was split into two divisions, Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar...
) later Tangi became a tehsil in its own right.