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[[Category:Battles]]
{{Locations_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]  
|partof=Miranzai Expeditions
|image=
|date=January-April 1891
|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.306111,69.592778&z=13&t=h&hl=en 32.306111°N, 69.592778°E]   
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranzai_Valley Miranzai Valley, NWF]
|altitude= 1,387m (4,550 ft)
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wana,_Pakistan Wana]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.530463,71.04209&z=13&t=h&hl=en 33.530463°N 71.04209°E]   
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas Federally Administered Tribal Areas] (FATA) attached to old NWFP/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|result=  
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai Orakzai tribesmen]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101016910/ Maj Gen Sir William Lockhart]  
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
}}
== External Links ==
{{Places of Interest|title=Malakand|name=Malakand|link=xxxxx}}
[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]


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>
[[Category:Battles]]
===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:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]

Latest revision as of 03:05, 13 September 2022

Wana
[[Image:|250px| ]]
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 32.306111°N, 69.592778°E
Altitude: 1,387m (4,550 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Wana
State/Province: Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) attached to old NWFP/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country: Pakistan
Transport links
FibiWiki Maps
See our interactive map of this location showing
places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Wana]



During the British period Wana post was the headquarters of 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

Wana Imperial Gazetteer of India

Historical books online

  • "Wana New Cantonment" by Colonel R L Bond page 35 Journal of the United Service Institution of India Volume 67, 1937. Archive.org