Gorwekht is famous for being the site from where Mirzali Khan (Faqir of Ipi)[2] led his guerrilla warfare campaign,[3] against the British Empire, Khan hid in caves near the town in 1937 to evade the British.[4] The fort at Datta Khel was the nearest post to Khan's headquarters in Gorwekht and faced many sieges.[5]
Following the departure of the British in 1947 Khan would later rebel against the newly created government of Pakistan.[6]
It was in this town that Mirzali Khan symbolically declared his independent state of Pashtunistan.[7]
