Hashtnagar

Hashtnagar

Hashtnagar is one of the two parts of Charsadda District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. This area of Charsadda was for a long time known as Hashtnagar,the reformed name for the Sanskrit word "Ashtnagar" (Asht meaning eight and nagar meaning town) which means "Eight Towns", referring to the eight towns situated in this region. These are:

#Charsadda Town
#Sherpao
#Utmanzai
#Umarzai
#Turangzai
#Tangi Town
#Prang
#Rajar.

Notable People

* Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

External links

* [http://www.Hashtnagar.com Hashtnagar]


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