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[[Category:Battles]]{{Battles_Infobox|partof=Miranzai Expeditions|date=January-April 1891|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranzai_Valley Miranzai Valley, NWF]Locations_Infobox|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] |co-ordinatesimage=|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=3332.530463306111,7169.04209592778&z=13&t=h&hl=en 3332.530463°N 71306111°N, 69.04209°E592778°E] |resultaltitude= 1,387m (4,550 ft)|territorypresentname=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wana,_Pakistan Wana]|combatant1stateprovince=British & Indians |combatant2=Orakzai tribesmen[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas Federally Administered Tribal Areas] (FATA) attached to old NWFP/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|commander1country=[http://wwwen.oxforddnbwikipedia.comorg/indexwiki/101016910/ Maj Gen Sir William LockhartPakistan Pakistan] |commander2= |strength1= |strength2= |casualties1= |casualties2=
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{{Places of Interest|title=Malakand|name= External Links Malakand|link==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]xxxxx}}
During the British period '''Wana post''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V24_386.gif Southern Waziristan Agency] in the [[North West Frontier Province]]. The town is now the largest in the agency.
== Military history ==
[[Battle of Wana]] 1894
==External links==[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V24_358.gif Wana] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br>===Historical books online===*[https://archive.org/details/1937-jusii-v67/page/35/mode/2up "Wana New Cantonment"] by Colonel R L Bond page 35 ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India'' Volume 67, 1937. Archive.org[[Category:Locations]][[Category:BattlesCities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
