....... He makes a wrong comparison between NWFP and other provinces. NWFP was under defacto martial law for most of the 1905-1935 period and 1939-1944 period....
So were other provinces of British-India. Did that stop them from making their "province-specific" demands? Heck no!
FYI. There were major milestones (as listed above) in the short history of Sarhad and many top Pashtun leaders were like hand-in-glove with the Brits. There were all kinds of demands including the status of Sarhad even in 1931 round table conference.
Brits accepted such demands and implemented them "according the the wishes" of Sarhad politicians.
And yet there was never a demand to change the name.
The name changers only got life AFTER Hindus and socialists lost the referendum. Thus the whole tamasha was started by anti-Pakistani Hindus, socialists and communists.
BTW Bacha khan was least interested in the name changing too. Especially before 1947 no record exists. Now prove it otherwise with documentary evidence and this discussion will end in your favor.
If you two want to ignore the history, well do so at your own peril. Because just like Afghanistanis you two are bent upon following the mischievous tendencies of socialists, communists and now Islamists.
Make your case on solid footing and you will succeed. Rumor mongering and ignorance never helps.