Battagram obtained the status of district in July 1993 when it was upgraded from a Tehsil and separated from Mansehra District by an executive order , Mr. Yousaf Khan Trand ( Late provincianal Minister in Mir Afzal Khan Cabinet N.W.F. P ) Was the leader who Strugle for Battagram and Make it a separate district , before district it was a tehsil of District Mansehra . Before Battagram obtained the status of district , it was a Tehsil of the Mansehra District .