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'''Edwardesabad,''' also called '''Bannu''', was the headquarters of [[Bannu District]] in the [[Derajat Division]] of [[North West Frontier Province]]in the british period. The present town It was founded by Sir Herbert Edwardes in 1848. The town was used as a base for punitive expeditions. The cantonment was centred around the fort. == Spelling Variants ==Modern spelling: Bannu<br>Variants: Edwardesabad
* [http://enwww.wikipedia1911encyclopedia.org/wiki/Bannu Bannu on Wikipedia ]Love to Know 1911<br>===Historical books online=== * [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_408.gif Bannu Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India] ====Historical books online====
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==Churches and Missions==
== External Links ==
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/pennellafghanfr00penngoog#page/n12/mode/1up ''Pennell of the Afghan frontier; the life of Theodore Leighton Pennell, M.D., B. SC., F.R.C.S. Kaisar-i-Hind medal for public service in India''] by Alice Maud Pennell 1914. Dr Pennell of the Bannu Medical Mission died at the age of 44.
