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==Churches and Missions== | ==Churches and Missions== | ||
* Church Missionary Society. | * Church Missionary Society. | ||
* St George's Church | |||
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_408.gif Bannu Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_408.gif Bannu Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||
====Historical books online==== | ====Historical books online==== | ||
Revision as of 15:12, 17 December 2013
| Bannu | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 32.988889°N 70.605556°E |
| Altitude: | 371 metres (1217ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Bannu |
| State/Province: | North West Frontier Province (NWFP) now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Country: | Pakistan |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| Bannu |
Bannu was the headquarters of Bannu District in the Derajat Division of North West Frontier Province in the British period. It was founded by Sir Herbert Edwardes in 1848. The town was used as a base for various military campaigns and punitive expeditions into the nearby tribal zones. The cantonment was centred around the fort.
Spelling Variants
Modern spelling: Bannu
Variants: Edwardesabad
Churches and Missions
- Church Missionary Society.
- St George's Church
Forts
External Links
- Bannu Town Imperial Gazetteer of India
Historical books online
- 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.