Hashtnagar (Hindko: ھشتنگر, Pashto: ھشتنګر, Urdu: ہشتنگر) 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 Persian word hasht (ھشت) meaning eight, and the Sanskrit root word "nagar" (नगर) meaning town, thus meaning "Eight Towns", referring to the eight towns situated in this region. These are:
Notable people
- Khan Bahadur Ghulam Haider Khan Sherpao
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao
- Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao
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