Mardan ( مردان) is a city and headquarters of Mardan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Mardan is the 19th largest city of Pakistan. It is the de facto headquarters of the Yousafzai tribe, although a significant number of Momands have settled there over the past years. It is the second most populous city in the province, located in the south west of the district at 34°12'0N 72°1'60E and an altitude of 283 metres (928ft).
Mardan District is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Mardan is the headquarters of the district. The district also contains the famous archaeological site of Takht Bhai, Jamal Ghari and Sawal Dher.
History
Ancient history
Mardan District is a part of the Peshawar valley the whole area was once part of the ancient kingdom of Gandhara, the remains of which are scattered throughout the district.
The armies of Alexander the Great reached the Indus Valley by two separate routes, one through the Khyber Pass and the other led by Alexander himself through Kunar, Bajaur, Swat, and Buner in 326 BCE. After Alexander's death, the valley came under the rule of Chandragupta, who ruled the valley from 297 to 321 BCE. During the reign of the Buddhist emperor Ashoka (the grandson of Chandragupta) Buddhism became the religion of the Peshawar Valley. The valley saw the revival of Brahmanism after the Greeks took over in the time of King Mehanda. The Scythians and Indians followed and retained control of the valley till the 7th century CE.
Pakistan (i/ˈpækᵻstæn/ or i/pɑːkiˈstɑːn/; Urdu:پاكستانALA-LC: Pākistān, pronounced[pɑːkɪst̪ɑːn]), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu:اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاكستانALA-LC: Islāmī Jumhūriyah Pākistān IPA:[ɪslɑːmiː d͡ʒʊmɦuːriəɪh pɑːkɪst̪ɑːn]), is a country in South Asia. It is the sixth-most populous country with a population exceeding 199 million people. It is the 36th largest country in the world in terms of area with an area covering 881,913km2 (340,509 sq mi). Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650mi)coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest and China in the far northeast respectively. It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.
Paristan (Land of Fairies) is a Bollywoodfantasy film. It was released in 1944. The film was directed by Mahesh Kaul for Acharya Art productions. It starred Pahari Sanyal, Anjali Devi, Kamal Zamindar, Sunalini Devi, Moni Chatterjee and Padma Bannerjee. The music was composed by Ninu Majumdar and the lyrics were by Roopdas and Ninu Majumdar. This was Mahesh Kaul's second film after Angoori (1943).
Section 1 of the Indian Independence Act 1947 provided that from "the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, two independent dominions shall be set up in India, to be known respectively as India and Pakistan." India was treated by the United Nations as the successor-state to the former British India. As it was already a member of the United Nations, India continued to hold its seat there and did not apply for a new membership. However, Pakistan was a newly created nation and needed to apply to join. It was admitted as a UN member on 30 September 1947, a few weeks after its independence The British monarch became head of state of the new dominion, with Pakistan sharing a king with the other Commonwealth realms, but the monarch's constitutional roles were delegated to the Governor-General of Pakistan, and most real power resided with the new government headed by Jinnah.
MardanMayor Himayatullah Mayar speaks in this image released on November 16, 2023 ... MARDAN ... However, when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) came into power in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the 2013 election it stopped funds for the project.
Paris, AFP... 2022 ... 2021 ... 2018 ... 2011-2016 ... 2007. China ... 2006. Pakistan and India -In August in Pakistan at least 40 people die as monsoon rains wash away a bridge in Mardan, 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Peshawar in the northwest of the country ... .
— Facebook/PTIKhyber Pakhtunkhwa. MARDAN. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Mardan chapter) has terminated the basic membership of more than 15 office-bearers and members for violating the party discipline during the general elections of February 8, 2024 ... .
"She was a first year BS student in Peshawar and had come to Mardan for the trials and was new to the sport," an official of the Pakistan Judo Federation said ... .
In May 2023, a fanatic mob lynching took place in Pakistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mardan after a man was accused of blasphemy during a rally of Imran Khan’s political outfit Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ...Christian attacked in Pakistan.
Awami National Party (ANP) on Wednesday staged a protest outside the KP Assembly and demanded the chief justice of Pakistan to constitute a judicial commission to investigate the alleged rigging in the recent general election.
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28 (KUNA) -- At least six "terrorists" were killed during a security operation in Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province bordering Afghanistan, said the military on Wednesday.
27 (Xinhua) -- A police official and two terrorists were killed on Tuesday in a clash in Mardan district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.
27 (Xinhua) -- A policeman was killed and another injured in firing by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, according to police officials ... NW Pakistan.
At a press conference in the MardanPress Club, he cited significant disparities between the 2018 and 2024 election results, adding that that in 2018, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) provincial ...