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History of Chitral


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Chitral is one the 24 districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. The district was formed in 1969.

Chitral was a Hindu country before the extension of Islam, and traces of Buddhism are also found.

A British garrison, sent from Gilgit to oversee the smooth transition of power to the heir apparent after a ruler was murdered, was besieged in Chitral Fort for over a month in 1895. Frontier corps public school Drosh $ Chitral also working in chitral since 1992.

 The district is administratively subdivided into six sub tehsils which contain a total of 24 Union Councils:

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