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'''Edwardesabad,''' also called '''Bannu''', was the headquarters of [[Bannu District]] in the [[Derajat Division]] of [[North West Frontier Province]]. The present town 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. | '''Edwardesabad,''' also called '''Bannu''', was the headquarters of [[Bannu District]] in the [[Derajat Division]] of [[North West Frontier Province]]. The present town 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. | ||
Revision as of 08:43, 9 April 2012
| 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) |
| Country: | Pakistan |
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| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| Bannu |
Edwardesabad, also called Bannu, was the headquarters of Bannu District in the Derajat Division of North West Frontier Province. The present town 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.
Churches and Missions
- Church Missionary Society
Forts
External Links
Historical books online
- Imperial Gazetteer of India
- 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.
