@pakhtoon.archive: North-West Frontier Province Holds Referendum – Peshawar, 1947. In India’s North-West Frontier Province, a referendum is held to decide which of the new states its people wish to join: India or Pakistan. Peshawar, its capital, becomes the scene of political parades. The Redshirts boycott the vote, insisting that there should be a third option—an independent frontier state called “Pathanistan” (Pashtunistan)—and their leader, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, addresses them. Posters inform the public that the red ballot box is for India and the green ballot box is for Pakistan. The Greenshirts (the Ghazi, Pakhtoon, and Pathans) are Muslims who follow Mr Jinnah’s Muslim League. Of the 572,000 voters, a majority of 289,000 voted for Pakistan. © UCLA Film & Television Archive #archive #growthchallenge #bachakhan #partition #1947
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💫𝐍𝐊 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐒✨ :
I wish we people of Pakhtunkhwa would join Afghanistan. 😔🥺❤️
2026-08-18 18:42:36
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SmilesAndStories :
if we stay as independent like Kashmir it will be really better for us too joining was a mistake 😔
2026-08-18 17:55:30
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Surrey Wala :
Actually the poster was saying LONG LIVE PAKISTAN
2026-08-18 23:29:06
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ANJAAAN :
PROUD TO BE PAKISTAN PAKHTOON
2026-08-17 10:41:54
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🇸 🇦 🇲 🇦 🇩 🇰 🇭 🇦 🇳 ® :
Pakistan was a Allah choice ... Human can't decide anything about himself
2026-08-17 04:27:38
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Abd NAS :
my grand father sameen jan khan with quaid e azam
2026-08-17 21:23:16
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Dark life :
kash k us waqt Pakhtunistan ban jata🥺🥺🥺
2026-08-17 06:17:39
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colourmixbhx :
wherever the British have been they've left problems
2026-08-16 19:46:06
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pakhtoon.archive :
On 18 June 1947, Bacha Khan met Muhammad Ali Jinnah to discuss the future of the N.W.F Province. Bacha Khan sought assurances for Pashtun rights, while Jinnah urged him to accept Pakistan first, saying constitutional issues could be settled later in the Constituent Assembly. No agreement was reached. On 21 June 1947, the Bannu Conference adopted the Bannu Resolution, demanding an independent Pakhtunistan as a third option. The British rejected this demand and allowed only the choice between India and Pakistan. In response, Bacha Khan and the Khudai Khidmatgars boycotted the referendum, which was held from 6 to 17 July 1947.
2026-08-16 21:18:06
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fred :
what about pashtunistan and joining afghanistan not a fair vote
2026-08-16 12:54:04
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sardarbilal abbottabadian :
long live Pakistan
2026-08-16 21:33:15
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A r s l a n 🥀 :
it wa Punjab's province
2026-08-16 21:42:30
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Kam ran :
proud of being a Pakistani pashtun
2026-08-17 15:08:12
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Heart doctor :
What a gem of video
2026-08-17 13:44:39
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Haadi 🚩 :
it was Pashtuns who chooses other just obeyed the order
2026-08-17 02:24:53
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masroor ahmed :
NWFP IS PAKISTAN
2026-08-17 01:03:38
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NISAR KHAN :
Proud to bi Pakistani ❤️
2026-08-17 07:51:48
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Bilal Habib 🇺🇲 :
badsha Khan made a blunder in this referendum. he could have made a deal with Jinnah and grabbed a provincial Govt of NWFP. instead he chose the otherwise and anti-Jinnah path
2026-08-16 20:15:01
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Naushad Ali211 :
Would have rather joined India 🤭
2026-08-18 04:59:19
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Sudais برکی :
Kash Pukhtunistan ban jatha🥺🥺🥺
2026-08-17 09:54:24
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vijayvcyn8a :
Now they regret that vote.
2026-08-17 23:03:59
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atomiciconic :
It was a mistake not to join India, but hopefully course correction is in the works.
2026-08-17 18:21:53
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gull :
What happen on 12th August The black day for pashton
2026-08-18 04:07:54
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Fawad khan Tarkalani 🇵🇰🇹🇷 :
kash os waqt pakhtunistan ban jata
2026-08-17 08:13:47
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